Jeremiah 31:36

Guds trofasthet Israel og folkeslagene

³⁴ No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

³⁵ Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

³⁷ This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

³⁸ “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: Dersom disse lover ikke lenger står ved makt for mitt åsyn, sier Herren, da skal også Israels slekt opphøre å være et folk for mitt åsyn alle dager.
OTB: "Først hvis disse bestemmelsene forsvinner fra mitt syn," sier Herren, "vil Israels etterkommere noen gang opphøre å være en nasjon for meg."
B1930: Dersom disse lover ikke lenger står ved makt for mitt åsyn, sier Herren, da skal også Israels ætt ophøre å være et folk for mitt åsyn alle dager.

BSB: “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
KJV: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
WEB: “If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”
ASV: If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
DARBY: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
BLB: “If these ordinances depart from before Me, a declaration of YHWH, even the seed of Israel will cease from being a nation before Me all the days.”

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