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Jeremias 48

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1 Om Moab. Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Ve over Nebo, for det er ødelagt; Kirjata'im er blitt til skamme, det er inntatt; festningen er blitt til skamme og slått med redsel.

2 Med Moabs ry er det forbi; i Hesbon legger de op onde råd mot det: Kom, la oss utrydde det, så det ikke mere er et folk! Også du Madmen skal bli målløs, efter dig skal sverdet fare.

3 Det lyder skrik fra Horona'im: herjing og stor ødeleggelse.

4 Moab er ødelagt; dets barn opløfter skrik.

5 For gråtende går de opover bakken til Luhut; på veien ned til Horona'im høres angstfulle klagerop over ødeleggelsen.

6 Fly, redd eders liv! Bli som hjelpeløse mennesker i ørkenen!

7 Fordi du satte din lit til dit gods og dine skatter, skal også du bli hærtatt, og Kamos skal gå i fangenskap, hans prester og hans høvdinger alle sammen.

8 Og en ødelegger skal komme over hver by, og ingen by skal gå fri; dalen skal gå til grunne og sletten bli ødelagt, som Herren har sagt.

9 Gi Moab vinger! For i flyvende fart skal det dra ut, og dets byer skal bli til en ørken, så ingen bor i dem.

10 Forbannet være den som gjør Herrens gjerning med lathet, og forbannet være den som holder sitt sverd fra blod!

11 Moab har levd i ro fra sin ungdom av; det har ligget stille på sin berme og er ikke blitt tappet om fra kar til kar og er ikke gått i fangenskap; derfor har det beholdt sin smak, og dets duft er ikke forandret.

12 Se, derfor skal dager komme, sier Herren, da jeg sender det vintappere, og de skal legge det på hell og tømme dets kar og knuse dets krukker.

13 Da skal Moab ha skam av Kamos, likesom Israels hus hadde skam av Betel, som de satte sin lit til.

14 Hvorledes kan I si: Vi er helter og djerve krigsmenn?

15 Moab blir ødelagt, og de stiger op i dets byer, og dets utvalgte unge menn stiger ned for å slaktes, sier kongen, hvis navn er Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

16 Moabs nød er nær, og dets ulykke kommer hastig.

17 Ha medynk med det, alle I som bor rundt omkring det, og alle I som kjenner dets navn! Si: Hvor det er blitt knekket, det sterke spir, den herlige stav!

18 Stig ned fra din herlighet og sett dig i et tørt land, du Dibons datter som bor i byen! For Moabs ødelegger stiger op imot dig, han ødelegger dine festninger.

19 Still dig ved veien og se ut, du som bor i Aroer! Spør de flyktende og undkomne, si: Hvad har hendt?

20 Moab er blitt til skamme, for det er knust. Hyl og skrik! Kunngjør ved Arnon at Moab er ødelagt!

21 Dommen er kommet over slettelandet, over Holon og over Jahsa og over Mofa'at

22 og over Dibon og over Nebo og over Bet-Diblata'im

23 og over Kirjata'im og over Bet-Gamul og over Bet-Meon

24 og over Kerijot og over Bosra og over alle byene i Moabs land, fjernt og nær.

25 Moabs horn er avhugget, og dets arm er brutt, sier Herren.

26 Gjør det drukkent, fordi det har ophøiet sig mot Herren! Moab skal velte sig i sitt spy og bli til latter, det også.

27 Eller var ikke Israel til latter for dig? Eller er det grepet blandt tyver, siden du ryster på hodet så ofte du taler om det?

28 Forlat byene og bo på fjellet, I Moabs innbyggere, og bli lik duen som bygger rede på den andre siden av kløftens gap!

29 Vi har hørt om Moabs veldige overmot, om dets storaktighet, dets overmot, dets opblåsthet og dets stolte hjerte.

30 Jeg kjenner dets overmot, sier Herren, og dets tomme skryt; tomhet er det de har gjort.

31 Derfor jamrer jeg over Moab, over hele Moab klager jeg; over mennene i Kir-Heres må en sukke.

32 Som Jaser gråter, gråter jeg over dig, du Sibmas vintre! Dine kvister gikk ut over havet, de nådde like til Jasers hav; over din frukthøst og din vinhøst faller en ødelegger.

33 Og glede og fryd blir borte fra den fruktbare mark og fra Moabs land, og på vinen i persekarene gjør jeg ende; ingen skal trede persen med frydeskrik; det lyder frydeskrik som ikke er frydeskrik* / {* d.e. det lyder frydeskrik fra de seierrike fiender, ikke fra høstfolkene; JE 51, 14.}

34 Det lyder skrik fra Hesbon like til El'ale, ja like til Jahas, fra Soar til Horona'im, den treårige kvige; for også Nimrims vann blir til ørkener.

35 Og jeg utrydder av Moab, sier Herren, hver den som stiger op på en haug og brenner røkelse for sine guder.

36 Derfor klager mitt hjerte likesom fløiter over Moab, mitt hjerte klager likesom fløiter over mennene i Kir-Heres; derfor går det til grunne det som Moab har samlet sammen, dets opsparte gods.

37 For hvert hode er skallet og hvert skjegg avraket; på alle hender er det flenger og om lendene sekk.

38 På alle Moabs tak og på dets gater er hele folket bare veklage; for jeg har knust Moab lik et kar som ingen bryr sig om, sier Herren.

39 Hvor forferdet det er, hvor de hyler! Se hvorledes Moab vender ryggen til! Hvor det er blitt til skamme! Moab blir til latter og til en forferdelse for alle dem som bor rundt omkring det.

40 For så sier Herren: Se, han* flyver som en ørn og breder sine vinger ut over Moab. / {* Nebukadnesar. JE 49, 22.}

41 Byene blir inntatt, borgene blir stormet, og Moabs kjemper blir på den dag til mote som en kvinne i barnsnød.

42 Og Moab ødelegges, så det ikke mere er et folk, fordi det har ophøiet sig mot Herren.

43 Gru og grav og garn over dig, du Moabs innbygger, sier Herren.

44 Den som flyr for gruen, skal falle i graven, og den som kommer op av graven, skal fanges i garnet; for jeg lar hjemsøkelsens år komme over Moab, sier Herren.

45 I Hesbons skygge står flyktninger uten kraft; for det farer ild ut fra Hesbon og en lue fra Sihon, og den fortærer Moabs kinn og ufreds-ættens isse.

46 Ve dig, Moab! Fortapt er Kamos' folk; for dine sønner føres bort i fengsel og dine døtre i fangenskap.

47 Men i de siste dager vil jeg gjøre ende på Moabs fangenskap, sier Herren. Her ender dommen over Moab.

   

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103. We can tell from the books of Moses that there was a Word among the ancients because he mentioned it and excerpted from it (Numbers 21:14-15, 27-30). We can tell that the narrative portions of that Word were called “The Wars of Jehovah, ” and that the prophetic portions were called “Pronouncements.” Moses quoted the following from the historical narratives of that Word:

Therefore it says in The Book of the Wars of Jehovah, “Waheb in Suphah and the rivers Arnon, a watercourse of rivers that goes down to [where] Ar is inhabited and rests along the border of Moab.” (Numbers 21:14-15)

In that Word as in ours, the wars of Jehovah were understood to be, and served to describe in detail, the Lord’s battles against hell and his victories over it when he would come into the world. These same battles are meant and described time after time in the historical narratives of our Word - in Joshua’s battles against the nations of the land of Canaan, for example, and in the wars of the judges and the kings of Israel.

[2] Moses quoted the following from the prophetic portions of that Word:

Therefore those who make pronouncements say, “Come to Heshbon! The city of Sihon will be built up and fortified, because fire has gone out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, those who occupy the heights of Arnon. Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh; he has made his sons fugitives and sent his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites. With arrows we have dealt with them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we have spread destruction as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba.” (Numbers 21:27-30)

Translators change [the title of] this to “Composers of Proverbs, ” but it should be called “Makers of Pronouncements” or “Prophetic Pronouncements, ” as we can tell from the meaning of the word moschalim in Hebrew. It means not only proverbs but also prophetic utterances, as in Numbers 23:7, 18; 24:3, 15 where it says that Balaam gave forth his pronouncement, which was actually a prophetic utterance and was about the Lord. In these instances each of his pronouncements is called a mashal in the singular. There is also the fact that what Moses quoted from this source are not proverbs but prophecies.

[3] We can see that this Word was similarly divine or divinely inspired from a passage in Jeremiah where we find almost the same words:

A fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon, which has devoured the corner of Moab and the top of the children of tumult. Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished, for your sons have been carried off into captivity and your daughters into captivity. (Jeremiah 48:45-46)

Further, both David and Joshua mention another prophetic book of the former Word, The Book of Jasher or The Book of the Righteous One. Here is where David mentions it:

David lamented over Saul and over Jonathan and wrote, “‘To Teach the Children of Judah the Bow.’ (You will find this written in The Book of Jasher.)” (2 Samuel 1:17-18)

Here is where Joshua mentions it:

Joshua said, “‘Come to rest, O sun, in Gibeon; and, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.’ Is this not written in The Book of Jasher?” (Joshua 10:12-13)

Then too, I have been told that the first seven chapters of Genesis are right there in that ancient Word, so that not the slightest word is missing.

  
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Genesis 2

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1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

11 The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.

13 The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

18 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

19 Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

20 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.

21 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

22 He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.

23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man."

24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

25 They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.