Verse 6

For this is what the LORD says about the house of the king of Judah: Though you are like Gilead to me, like the peak of Lebanon, yet I will surely make you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For slik sier Herren om Judas konges hus: Du er som Gilead for meg, som Libanons topp, men jeg vil gjøre deg til en ødemark, byer som ikke lenger er befolket.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For så sier Herren til Judas konges hus: Du er for meg som Gilead og toppen av Libanon. Men jeg skal gjøre deg til en ørken, og til byer som ikke er bebodd.

• Norsk King James

  For slik sier Herren til kongens hus i Juda: Du er Gilead for meg, og toppen av Libanon; men jeg vil uten tvil gjøre deg til en ørken, og byer som ikke er bebodde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For slik sa Herren om Judas konges hus: Du er som Gilead for meg, som toppen av Libanon; men likevel vil jeg gjøre deg til en ørken, til byer som ikke bebos.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For så sier Herren om kongens hus i Juda: Du er som Gilead for meg, som toppen av Libanon. Men jeg vil gjøre deg til en ørken, byer som ikke er bebodd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For så sier Herren om Judas konges hus: Du er som Gilead for meg, som toppen av Libanon, men sannelig vil jeg gjøre deg til en ørken, til byer uten innbyggere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For slik sier HERREN til Judas konges hus: Du er for meg som Gilead og lederen av Libanon, men jeg skal uten tvil gjøre deg til en ødemark med ubeboede byer.

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

  For så sier Herren om Judas konges hus: Du er som Gilead for meg, som toppen av Libanon, men sannelig vil jeg gjøre deg til en ørken, til byer uten innbyggere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For så sier Herren om kongens hus i Juda: Du er for meg som Gilead, som toppen av Libanon. Men dersom jeg ikke gjør deg til en ødemark, til byer uten innbyggere,

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For så sier Herren om kongens hus i Juda: Du er for meg som Gilead, toppen av Libanon. Men jeg vil gjøre deg til en ørken, byer som ikke er bebodd.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi saa sagde Herren om Judæ Konges Huus: Du er mig (som) Gilead, (som) Libanons Top; mon jeg ikke skal gjøre dig til en Ørk, (til) Stæder, som ikke beboes?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For så sier Herren til kongens hus i Juda: Du er som Gilead for meg, som toppen av Libanon. Men jeg vil sikkert gjøre deg til en ødemark, byer som ikke er bebodd.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For thus says the LORD to the house of the king of Judah; You are Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make you a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For så sier Herren om huset til kongen av Juda: Du er som Gilead for meg, toppen av Libanon; men sannelig, jeg skal gjøre deg til en ødemark, og byer som ikke er bebodde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For så sier Herren om kongens hus i Juda: Du er som Gilead for meg, som Libanons topp, men hvis ikke, gjør jeg deg til en ørken, byer uten innbyggere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For slik sier Herren om kongens hus i Juda: Du er for meg som Gilead, som toppen av Libanon; men sannelig, jeg skal gjøre deg om til en ørken, byer som ikke er bebodd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For dette er hva Herren har sagt om kongens hus i Juda: Dere er som Gilead for meg og toppen av Libanon; men sant, jeg vil gjøre dere til en ødemark og byer uten folk.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus hath the LORDE spoken vpon the kinges house of Iuda: Thou art the heade, as Galaad is in Libanus: What wilt thou laye of it, yf I make the not so waist (& thy cities also) that no man shal dwell there in?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus hath the Lorde spoken vpon the Kings house of Iudah, Thou art Gilead vnto me, & the head of Lebanon, yet surely I wil make thee a wildernes and as cities not inhabited,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus hath the Lorde spoken vppon the kynges of Iuda: Thou Gilead art vnto me the head of Libanus: Shall I not make thee so waste as the cities that no man dwell in?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou [art] Gilead unto me, [and] the head of Lebanon: [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities [which] are not inhabited.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make you a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead `art' thou to Me -- head of Lebanon, If not -- I make thee a wilderness, Cities not inhabited.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make you a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘For the LORD says concerning the palace of the king of Judah,“This place looks like a veritable forest of Gilead to me. It is like the wooded heights of Lebanon in my eyes. But I swear that I will make it like a wilderness whose towns have all been deserted.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 107:34 : 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
• Isa 6:11 : 11 Then I said, "For how long, Lord?" And He replied, "Until cities lie ruined without inhabitants, houses are unoccupied, and the land is desolate and devastated.
• Isa 27:10 : 10 The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.
• Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
• Jer 26:18 : 18 'Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the temple mount will become overgrown with thickets.”'
• Gen 37:25 : 25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm, and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
• Jer 7:34 : 34 I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and groom, in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.
• Jer 9:11 : 11 Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?
• Jer 19:7-8 : 7 In this place, I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those who seek their lives. I will give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth. 8 I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.
• Jer 21:11 : 11 To the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD.
• Jer 21:14 : 14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will consume everything around her.
• Jer 22:24 : 24 As surely as I live, declares the LORD, even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 9 I am about to send for all the clans of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them, making them an object of horror, scorn, and perpetual ruins. 10 I will banish from them the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.
• Jer 26:6-9 : 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations on earth.' 7 And the priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. 8 And when Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, saying, 'You shall surely die!' 9 'Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, “This house will become like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitants”?' And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the LORD's house.
• Deut 3:25 : 25 ‘Please let me cross over and see the good land on the other side of the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.’
• Song 5:15 : 15 His legs are pillars of marble, set on bases of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
• Jer 4:20 : 20 Disaster upon disaster is announced, for the whole land is devastated. Suddenly, my tents are ruined, my curtains in a moment.
• Isa 24:1-6 : 1 Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 It will be the same for the people as for the priest, the servant as for his master, the maid as for her mistress, the buyer as for the seller, the lender as for the borrower, the creditor as for the debtor. 3 The earth will be utterly laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The earth mourns and withers; the world fades and withers; the exalted of the earth languish. 5 The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants bear the guilt. Therefore, the earth’s inhabitants are burned, and few people are left.
• Ezek 33:27-28 : 27 Tell them this: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those who are in the open field I will give to wild animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of plague.' 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.