Verse 16

Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Derfor sier Herren: 'Jeg vender tilbake til Jerusalem med medfølelse; mitt hus skal bygges der, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og et mål skal bli strekt over Jerusalem.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor, så sier Herren: Jeg har vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet; mitt hus skal bygges der, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og målesnoren skal strekkes ut over Jerusalem.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor sier Herren; Jeg er vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med miskunn: mitt hus skal bygges i det, sier Herren over hærskarene, og en målestang skal strekke seg ut over Jerusalem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor sier Herren slik: Jeg har vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet, mitt hus skal bli bygget der, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og målesnoren skal strekkes over Jerusalem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg har vendt meg til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet, mitt hus skal bli bygget der, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og målesnor skal bli strukket ut over Jerusalem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg er vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet; mitt hus skal bygges i den, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og et målesnor skal strekkes over Jerusalem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor sier Herren: 'Jeg vender tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet. Mitt hus skal gjenreises der,' sier Herrens hærskarer, 'og en linje skal strekkes ut over Jerusalem.'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg er vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet; mitt hus skal bygges i den, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og et målesnor skal strekkes over Jerusalem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Derfor, så sier Herren: 'Jeg har vendt meg tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet; mitt hus skal bygges i den, sier Herren over hærskarene, og en målesnor skal strekkes ut over Jerusalem.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house will be rebuilt, declares the Lord of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg vender tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet. Mitt hus skal bygges der, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og målesnoren skal spennes ut over Jerusalem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor sagde Herren saaledes: Jeg er omvendt til Jerusalem med Barmhjertighed, mit Huus skal bygges derudi, siger den Herre Zebaoth, og Maalesnoren skal udrækkes over Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg har vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet; mitt hus skal bli bygget i den, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og en målesnor skal strekkes ut over Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor sier Herren: "Jeg har vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med barmhjertighet. Mitt hus skal bygges i det," sier Herren over hærskarene, "og en målesnor skal strekkes ut over Jerusalem."'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg har vendt meg mot Jerusalem med barmhjertighet; mitt hus skal bygges der, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og en målesnor skal strekkes over Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor sier Herren: Jeg har vendt tilbake til Jerusalem med nåde; mitt hus skal bli bygget i den, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og en målesnor skal strekkes over Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så dette er hva Herren har sagt: Jeg har kommet tilbake til Jerusalem med nåde; mitt hus skal bygges opp i henne, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og en målesnor skal strekkes over Jerusalem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: I wil turne me agayne in mercy towarde Ierusalem, so that my house shalbe buylded in it, saieth the LORDE of hoostes: yee and the plommet shal be layed abrode in Ierusalem, saieth the LORDE of hoostes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore thus saith the Lord, I wil returne vnto Ierusalem with tender mercie: mine house shall be builded in it, saith the Lord of hostes, and a line shall be stretched vpon Ierusalem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore thus saith the Lorde: I wyl returne vnto Hierusalem in tender mercie, so that my house shalbe builded in it, saith the Lorde of hoastes: yea, and the lyne shalbe stretched vpon Hierusale

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Oracle of Response“‘Therefore,’ this is what the LORD has said,‘I have become compassionate toward Jerusalem and will rebuild my temple in it,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

Referenced Verses

• Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.
• Zech 2:10-11 : 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, says the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall be My people: and I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
• Zech 4:9 : 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
• Zech 2:1-2 : 1 I lifted my eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then I said, 'Where are you going?' And he said to me, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.'
• Ezek 40:3 : 3 He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen line in his hand and a measuring reed, and he stood in the gateway.
• Ezek 47:3 : 3 And when the man who had the measuring line in his hand went eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and brought me through the waters; the waters were ankle-deep.
• Ezra 6:14-15 : 14 And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
• Isa 54:8-9 : 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you.
• Jer 31:22-25 : 22 How long will you wander about, O backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man. 23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; They shall still say this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity; The LORD bless you, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers, and those who go forth with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
• Jer 31:39-40 : 39 And the measuring line shall again extend straight to the hill Gareb, and then shall turn toward Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be uprooted, nor demolished anymore forever.
• Jer 33:10-12 : 10 Thus says the LORD: Again there shall be heard in this place, which you say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for His mercy endures forever: and of those who shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return, as at the first, says the LORD. 12 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall be a habitation for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
• Ezek 37:24-28 : 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yes, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the nations shall know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.
• Ezek 39:25-29 : 25 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name. 26 After they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and no one made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations: but I have gathered them to their own land, and will leave none of them anymore there. 29 Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
• Job 38:5 : 5 Who determined its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
• Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me.
• Isa 34:11 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl and the raven shall dwell in it: and He shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
• Isa 44:26-28 : 26 Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: 27 Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers: 28 Who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
• Ezek 48:35 : 35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
• Hag 1:14 : 14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,