Jeremiah · Bible in Basic English
Jeremiah 31 Bible in Basic English
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1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
1 EN aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, yo seré por Dios á todos los linajes de Israel, y ellos me serán á mí por pueblo.
2 The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
2 Así ha dicho Jehová: Halló gracia en el desierto el pueblo, los que escaparon del cuchillo, yendo [yo] para hacer hallar reposo á Israel.
3 From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
3 Jehová se manifestó á mí ya mucho tiempo há, [diciendo]: Con amor eterno te he amado; por tanto te soporté con misericordia.
4 I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.
4 Aun te edificaré, y serás edificada, oh virgen de Israel: todavía serás adornada con tus panderos, y saldrás en corro de danzantes.
5 Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.
5 Aun plantarás viñas en los montes de Samaria: plantarán los plantadores, y harán común uso [de ellas].
6 For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.
6 Porque habrá día en que clamarán los guardas en el monte de Ephraim: Levantaos, y subamos á Sión, á Jehová nuestro Dios.
7 For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
7 Porque así ha dicho Jehová: Regocijaos en Jacob con alegría, y dad voces de júbilo á la cabeza de gentes; haced oir, alabad, y decid: Oh Jehová, salva tu pueblo, el resto de Israel.
8 See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.
8 He aquí yo los vuelvo de tierra del aquilón, y los juntaré de los fines de la tierra, y entre ellos ciegos y cojos, la mujer preñada y la parida juntamente; en grande compañía tornarán acá.
9 They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
9 Irán con lloro, mas con misericordias los haré volver, y harélos andar junto á arroyos de aguas, por camino derecho en el cual no tropezarán: porque soy á Israel por padre, y Ephraim es mi primogénito.
10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
10 Oid palabra de Jehová, oh gentes, y hacedlo saber en las islas que están lejos, y decid: El que esparció á Israel lo juntará y guardará, como pastor á su ganado.
11 For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.
11 Porque Jehová redimió á Jacob, redimiólo de mano del más fuerte que él.
12 So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.
12 Y vendrán, y harán alabanzas en lo alto de Sión, y correrán al bien de Jehová, al pan, y al vino, y al aceite, y al ganado de las ovejas y de las vacas; y su alma será como huerto de riego, ni nunca más tendrán dolor.
13 Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.
13 Entonces la virgen se holgará en la danza, los mozos y los viejos juntamente; y su lloro tornaré en gozo, y los consolaré, y los alegraré de su dolor.
14 I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
14 Y el alma del sacerdote embriagaré de grosura, y será mi pueblo saciado de mi bien, dice Jehová.
15 So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.
15 Así ha dicho Jehová: Voz fué oída en Ramá, llanto y lloro amargo: Rachêl que lamenta por sus hijos, no quiso ser consolada acerca de sus hijos, porque perecieron.
16 The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.
16 Así ha dicho Jehová: Reprime tu voz del llanto, y tus ojos de las lágrimas; porque salario hay para tu obra, dice Jehová, y volverán de la tierra del enemigo.
17 And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
17 Esperanza también hay para tu fin, dice Jehová, y los hijos volverán á su término.
18 Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
18 Escuchando, he oído á Ephraim que se lamentaba: Azotásteme, y fuí castigado como novillo indómito: conviérteme y seré convertido; porque tú eres Jehová mi Dios.
19 Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.
19 Porque después que me convertí, tuve arrepentimiento, y después que me conocí, herí el muslo: avergoncéme, y confundíme, porque llevé la afrenta de mis mocedades.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.
20 ¿No es Ephraim hijo precioso para mí? ¿no es niño delicioso? pues desde que hablé de él, heme acordado de él constantemente. Por eso mis entrañas se conmovieron por él: apiadado, tendré de él misericordia, dice Jehová.
21 Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.
21 Establécete señales, ponte majanos altos; nota atentamente la calzada, el camino por donde viniste: vuélvete, virgen de Israel, vuélvete á estas tus ciudades.
22 How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.
22 ¿Hasta cuándo andarás errante, oh hija contumaz? porque Jehová criará una cosa nueva sobre la tierra: una hembra rodeará al varón.
23 So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.
23 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Aun dirán esta palabra en la tierra de Judá y en sus ciudades, cuando yo convertiré su cautiverio: Jehová te bendiga, oh morada de justicia, oh monte santo.
24 And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.
24 Y morarán allí Judá, y también en todas sus ciudades labradores, y los que van con rebaño.
25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.
25 Porque habré embriagado el alma cansada, y henchido toda alma entristecida.
26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
26 En esto me desperté, y vi, y mi sueño me fué sabroso.
27 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
27 He aquí vienen días, dice Jehová, en que sembraré la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá de simiente de hombre y de simiente de animal.
28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
28 Y será que, como tuve cuidado de ellos para arrancar y derribar, y trastornar y perder, y afligir, así tendré cuidado de ellos para edificar y plantar, dice Jehová.
29 In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.
29 En aquellos días no dirán más: Los padres comieron las uvas agraces, y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera.
30 But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.
30 Sino que cada cual morirá por su maldad; los dientes de todo hombre que comiere las uvas agraces, tendrán la dentera.
31 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:
31 He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, en los cuales haré nuevo pacto con la casa de Jacob y con la casa de Judá:
32 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
32 No como el pacto que hice con sus padres el día que tomé su mano para sacarlos de tierra de Egipto; porque ellos invalidaron mi pacto, bien que fuí yo un marido para ellos, dice Jehová:
33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
33 Mas éste es el pacto que haré con la casa de Israel después de aquellos días, dice Jehová: Daré mi ley en sus entrañas, y escribiréla en sus corazones; y seré yo á ellos por Dios, y ellos me serán por pueblo.
34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
34 Y no enseñará más ninguno á su prójimo, ni ninguno á su hermano, diciendo: Conoce á Jehová: porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño de ellos hasta el más grande, dice Jehová: porque perdonaré la maldad de ellos, y no me acordaré más de su pecado.
35 These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.
35 Así ha dicho Jehová, que da el sol para luz del día, las leyes de la luna y de las estrellas para luz de la noche; que parte la mar y braman sus ondas; Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre:
36 If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.
36 Si estas leyes faltaren delante de mí, dice Jehová, también la simiente de Israel faltará para no ser nación delante de mí todos los días.
37 This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.
37 Así ha dicho Jehová: Si los cielos arriba se pueden medir, y buscarse abajo los fundamentos de la tierra, también yo desecharé toda la simiente de Israel por todo lo que hicieron, dice Jehová.
38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.
38 He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, y la ciudad será edificada á Jehová, desde la torre de Hananeel hasta la puerta del rincón.
39 And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.
39 Y saldrá más adelante el cordel de la medida delante de él sobre el collado de Hareb, y rodeará á Goa.
40 And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.
40 Y todo el valle de los cuerpos muertos y de la ceniza, y todas las llanuras hasta el arroyo de Cedrón, hasta la esquina de la puerta de los caballos al oriente, será santo á Jehová: no será arrancada, ni destruída más para siempre.
Cross references (40)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 30:22; Jeremiah 30:24; Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 41:10; Jeremiah 3:18
- 2 Psalm 95:11; Numbers 10:33; Deuteronomy 1:33; Matthew 11:28; Isaiah 63:7–14
- 3 Psalm 103:17; Isaiah 54:8–9; Hosea 11:4; Ephesians 2:4–5; Deuteronomy 33:3
- 4 Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 31:13; Amos 5:2; Acts 15:16; Jeremiah 30:18–19
- 5 Amos 9:14; Micah 4:4; Isaiah 65:21–22; Leviticus 19:23–25; Deuteronomy 28:30
- 6 Jeremiah 50:4–5; Zechariah 8:20–23; Isaiah 2:2–4; Micah 4:1–3; Jeremiah 50:19
- 7 Psalm 28:9; Psalm 14:7; Isaiah 37:31; Jeremiah 23:3; Isaiah 42:10–12
- 8 Ezekiel 34:16; Isaiah 42:16; Jeremiah 23:8; Micah 4:6; Ezekiel 34:13
- 9 Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 3:4; Jeremiah 31:20; Matthew 5:4; Jeremiah 50:4
- 10 Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:12; Deuteronomy 30:4; Isaiah 66:19; John 11:52
- 11 Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 44:23; Titus 2:14; Jeremiah 15:21; Isaiah 49:24
- 12 Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 58:11; Joel 3:18; Isaiah 65:19; Isaiah 60:20
- 13 Psalm 30:11; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 51:3; Esther 9:22
- 14 Jeremiah 31:25; 1 Peter 2:9; Jeremiah 33:9; Matthew 5:6; Revelation 7:16–17
- 15 Matthew 2:16–18; Psalm 77:2; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 10:20; Genesis 37:35
- 16 Ruth 2:12; Jeremiah 30:3; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 11:6; Jeremiah 33:7
- 17 Lamentations 3:21; Hosea 3:5; Lamentations 3:26; Hosea 2:15; Jeremiah 29:11–16
- 18 Jeremiah 31:9; Psalm 80:3; Job 5:17; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 17:14
- 19 Jeremiah 3:25; Ezekiel 36:31; Ezekiel 21:12; Luke 18:13; Deuteronomy 30:2
- 20 Isaiah 55:7; Micah 7:18–19; Lamentations 3:31–32; Judges 10:16; Psalm 103:13
- 21 Jeremiah 50:5; Isaiah 62:10; Psalm 84:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Isaiah 52:11–12
- 22 Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 49:4; Luke 1:34–35; Matthew 1:21; Jeremiah 2:18
- 23 Zechariah 8:3; Jeremiah 50:7; Isaiah 1:26; Psalm 48:1–2; Isaiah 60:21
- 24 Zechariah 8:4–8; Ezekiel 36:10; Jeremiah 33:11–13; Zechariah 2:4
- 25 Matthew 5:6; Matthew 11:28; Psalm 107:9; John 4:14; Jeremiah 31:14
- 26 Psalm 127:2; Zechariah 4:1–2
- 27 Hosea 2:23; Zechariah 10:9; Ezekiel 36:9; Ezekiel 36:11; Jeremiah 30:19
- 28 Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7–9; Jeremiah 45:4; Jeremiah 44:27
- 29 Lamentations 5:7; Ezekiel 18:2–3; Jeremiah 31:30
- 30 Ezekiel 18:20; Isaiah 3:11; Deuteronomy 24:16; Galatians 6:5; Ezekiel 18:4
- 31 Hebrews 10:16–17; Jeremiah 31:31–34; Ezekiel 37:26; Jeremiah 32:40; 2 Corinthians 3:6
- 32 Exodus 24:6–8; Deuteronomy 5:3; Deuteronomy 1:31; Exodus 19:5; John 3:29
- 33 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 8:10; Ezekiel 11:19–20; Jeremiah 24:7
- 34 Isaiah 43:25; Hebrews 8:12; Jeremiah 33:8; Isaiah 54:13; 1 John 2:27
- 35 Jeremiah 10:16; Isaiah 51:15; Psalm 136:7–9; Genesis 1:14–18; Jeremiah 50:34
- 36 Jeremiah 33:20–26; Psalm 89:36–37; Isaiah 54:9–10; Psalm 148:6; Jeremiah 46:28
- 37 Jeremiah 33:24–26; Isaiah 40:12; Romans 11:1–5; Jeremiah 33:22; Romans 11:26–29
- 38 Zechariah 14:10; 2 Kings 14:13; Jeremiah 30:18; 2 Chronicles 26:9; Jeremiah 31:27
- 39 Zechariah 2:1–2; Ezekiel 40:8
- 40 2 Samuel 15:23; Joel 3:17; 2 Chronicles 23:15; 2 Kings 11:16; John 18:1
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