Jeremiah · Bible in Basic English
Jeremiah 12 Bible in Basic English
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1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?
1 JUSTO eres tú, oh Jehová, aunque yo contigo dispute: hablaré empero juicios contigo. ¿Por qué es prosperado el camino de los impíos, [y] tienen bien todos los que se portan deslealmente?
1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
2 Plantástelos, y echaron raíces; progresaron, é hicieron fruto; cercano estás tú en sus bocas, mas lejos de sus riñones.
2 You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
3 But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
3 Tú empero, oh Jehová, me conoces; vísteme, y probaste mi corazón para contigo: arráncalos como á ovejas para el degolladero, y señálalos para el día de la matanza.
3 But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.
4 ¿Hasta cuándo estará desierta la tierra, y marchita la hierba de todo el campo? Por la maldad de los que en ella moran, faltaron los ganados, y las aves; porque dijeron: No verá él nuestras postrimerías.
4 How long will the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals and birds are consumed; because they said, “He won’t see our latter end.”
5 If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?
5 Si corriste con los de á pie, y te cansaron, ¿cómo contenderás con los caballos? Y [si] en la tierra de paz estabas quieto, ¿cómo harás en la hinchazón del Jordán?
5 “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
6 For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.
6 Porque aun tus hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun ellos se levantaron contra ti, aun ellos dieron voces en pos de ti. No los creas, cuando bien te hablaren.
6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
7 I have given up my house, I have let my heritage go; I have given the loved one of my soul into the hands of her haters.
7 He dejado mi casa, desamparé mi heredad, entregado he lo que amaba mi alma en manos de sus enemigos.
7 “I have forsaken my house. I have cast off my heritage. I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.
8 Fué para mí mi heredad como león en breña: contra mí dió su voz; por tanto la aborrecí.
8 My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
9 My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.
9 ¿Esme mi heredad ave de muchos colores? ¿no están contra ella aves en derredor? Venid, reuníos, [vosotras] todas las bestias del campo, venid á devorarla.
9 Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field. Bring them to devour.
10 The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;
10 Muchos pastores han destruído mi viña, hollaron mi heredad, tornaron en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa.
10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.
11 Fué puesta en asolamiento, [y] lloró sobre mí, asolada: fué asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que mirase.
11 They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares.
12 Those who make waste have come on all the open hilltops in the waste land; for the sword of the Lord sends destruction from one end of the land to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.
12 Sobre todos los lugares altos del desierto vinieron disipadores: porque la espada de Jehová devorará desde el un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro extremo: no habrá paz para ninguna carne.
12 Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land. No flesh has peace.
13 Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.
13 Sembraron trigo, y segarán espinas; tuvieron la heredad, mas no aprovecharon nada: se avergonzarán de vuestros frutos, á causa de la ardiente ira de Jehová.
13 They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have exhausted themselves, and profit nothing. You will be ashamed of your fruits, because of Yahweh’s fierce anger.”
14 This is what the Lord has said against all my evil neighbours, who put their hands on the heritage which I gave my people Israel: See, I will have them uprooted from their land, uprooting the people of Judah from among them.
14 Así dijo Jehová contra todos mis malos vecinos, que tocan la heredad que hice poseer á mi pueblo Israel: He aquí que yo los arrancaré de su tierra, y arrancaré de en medio de ellos la casa de Judá.
14 Yahweh says, “Concerning all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
15 And it will come about that, after they have been uprooted, I will again have pity on them; and I will take them back, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.
15 Y será que, después que los hubiere arrancado, tornaré y tendré misericordia de ellos, y harélos volver cada uno á su heredad, y cada cual á su tierra.
15 It will happen that after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them. I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16 And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.
16 Y será que, si cuidadosamente aprendieren los caminos de mi pueblo, para jurar en mi nombre, [diciendo], Vive Jehová, así como enseñaron á mi pueblo á jurar por Baal; ellos serán prosperados en medio de mi pueblo.
16 It will happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As Yahweh lives;’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the middle of my people.
17 But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.
17 Mas si no oyeren, arrancaré á la tal gente, sacándola de raíz, y destruyendo, dice Jehová.
17 But if they will not hear, then I will pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it,” says Yahweh.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Malachi 3:15; Psalm 92:7; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3–28; Psalm 37:35
- 2 Isaiah 29:13; Titus 1:16; Matthew 15:8; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 45:4
- 3 2 Kings 20:3; Jeremiah 17:18; Psalm 139:1–4; James 5:5; Psalm 17:3
- 4 Jeremiah 9:10; Psalm 107:34; Jeremiah 4:25; Hosea 4:3; Jeremiah 23:10
- 5 1 Peter 4:12; Proverbs 24:10; Hebrews 12:3–4; Psalm 69:1–2; Jeremiah 49:19
- 6 Proverbs 26:25; Psalm 12:2; Jeremiah 9:4; Micah 7:5–6; Genesis 37:4–11
- 7 Isaiah 2:6; Psalm 78:59–60; Jeremiah 11:15; Hosea 9:15; Lamentations 2:1–22
- 8 Amos 6:8; Hosea 9:15; Zechariah 11:8; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 51:38
- 9 Isaiah 56:9; Jeremiah 7:33; 2 Kings 24:2; Revelation 19:17–18; Ezekiel 23:22–25
- 10 Jeremiah 23:1; Isaiah 5:1–7; Isaiah 63:18; Psalm 80:8–16; Jeremiah 3:19
- 11 Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 23:10; Jeremiah 14:2; Jeremiah 12:4–8; Zechariah 7:5
- 12 Jeremiah 47:6; Amos 9:4; Ezekiel 14:17; Isaiah 34:6; Revelation 19:16–21
- 13 Haggai 1:6; Deuteronomy 28:38; Leviticus 26:16; Micah 6:15; Isaiah 55:2
- 14 Jeremiah 3:18; Zechariah 2:8; Zephaniah 2:8–10; Jeremiah 49:7; Zechariah 10:6–12
- 15 Jeremiah 49:6; Jeremiah 48:47; Jeremiah 49:39; Deuteronomy 30:3; Amos 9:14
- 16 Jeremiah 4:2; Joshua 23:7; Zephaniah 1:5; Jeremiah 3:17; Zechariah 2:11
- 17 Isaiah 60:12; Psalm 2:8–12; Daniel 7:4–8; Jeremiah 12:14–17; Zechariah 14:16–19
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Respecting such it is said in another place by the prophet, "They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns;" because they teach what is good, and do what is evil.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
and the Lord Himself says in the Prophets, Mine heritage became unto Me as a lion in the forest; it gave its voice against Me; therefore have I hated it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)