Lamentations · Bible in Basic English
Lamentations 3 Bible in Basic English
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
1 YO soy el hombre que ha visto aflicción en la vara de su enojo.
2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
2 Guióme y llevóme en tinieblas, mas no en luz.
3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
3 Ciertamente contra mí volvió y revolvió su mano todo el día.
4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
4 Hizo envejecer mi carne y mi piel; quebrantó mis huesos.
5 He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
5 Edificó contra mí, y cercóme de tósigo y de trabajo.
6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
6 Asentóme en oscuridades, como los ya muertos de mucho tiempo.
7 He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
7 Cercóme por todos lados, y no puedo salir; agravó mis grillos.
8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
8 Aun cuando clamé y dí voces, cerro [los oídos á] mi oración.
9 He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
9 Cercó mis caminos con piedra tajada, torció mis senderos.
10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
10 Como oso que acecha fué para mí, como león en escondrijos.
11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
11 Torció mis caminos, y depedazóme; tornóme asolado.
12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
12 Su arco entesó, y púsome como blanco á la saeta.
13 He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
13 Hizo entrar en mis riñones las saetas de su aljaba.
14 I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
14 Fuí escarnio á todo mi pueblo, canción de ellos todos los días.
15 He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
15 Hartóme de amarguras, embriagóme de ajenjos.
16 By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
16 Quebróme los dientes con cascajo, cubrióme de ceniza.
17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
17 Y mi alma se alejó de la paz, olvidéme del bien.
18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
18 Y dije: Pereció mi fortaleza, y mi esperanza de Jehová.
19 Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
19 Acuérdate de mi aflicción y de mi abatimiento, del ajenjo y de la hiel.
20 My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
20 Tendrálo aún en memoria mi alma, porque en mí está humillada.
21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
21 Esto reduciré á mi corazón, por lo cual esperaré.
22 It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
22 [Es por] la misericordia de Jehová que no somos consumidos, porque nunca decayeron sus misericordias.
23 They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
23 Nuevas son cada mañana; grande es tu fidelidad.
24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
24 Mi parte es Jehová, dijo mi alma; por tanto en él esperaré.
25 The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
25 Bueno es Jehová á los que en él esperan, al alma que le buscare.
26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
26 Bueno es esperar callando en la salud de Jehová.
27 It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
27 Bueno es al hombre, si llevare el yugo desde su mocedad.
28 Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
28 Sentaráse solo, y callará, porque lo llevó sobre sí.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
29 Pondrá su boca en el polvo, por si quizá hay esperanza.
30 Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
30 Dará la mejilla al que le hiriere; hartaráse de afrenta.
31 For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
31 Porque el Señor no desechará para siempre:
32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
32 Antes si afligiere, también se compadecerá según la multitud de sus misericordias.
33 For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
33 Porque no aflige ni congoja de su corazón á los hijos de los hombres.
34 In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
34 Desmenuzar bajo de sus pies todos los encarcelados de la tierra,
35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
35 Hacer apartar el derecho del hombre ante la presencia del Altísimo,
36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
36 Trastornar al hombre en su causa, el Señor no lo sabe.
37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
37 ¿Quién [será] aquel que diga, que vino [algo] que el Señor no mandó?
38 Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
38 ¿De la boca del Altísimo no saldrá malo y bueno?
39 What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
39 ¿Por qué murmura el hombre viviente, el hombre en su pecado?
40 Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
40 Escudriñemos nuestros caminos, y busquemos, y volvámonos á Jehová.
41 Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
41 Levantemos nuestros corazones con las manos á Dios en los cielos.
42 We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.
42 Nosotros nos hemos rebelado, y fuimos desleales; tú no perdonaste.
43 Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;
43 Desplegaste la ira, y nos perseguiste; mataste, no perdonaste.
44 Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
44 Te cubriste de nube, porque no pasase la oración [nuestra].
45 You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
45 Raedura y abominación nos tornaste en medio de los pueblos.
46 The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
46 Todos nuestros enemigos abrieron sobre nosotros su boca.
47 Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.
47 Temor y lazo fué para nosotros, asolamiento y quebrantamiento.
48 Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
48 Ríos de aguas echan mis ojos, por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.
49 My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest,
49 Mis ojos destilan, y no cesan, porque no hay alivio,
50 Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
50 Hasta que Jehová mire y vea desde los cielos.
51 The Lord is unkind to my soul, more than all the daughters of my town.
51 Mis ojos contristaron mi alma, por todas las hijas de mi ciudad.
52 They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
52 Mis enemigos me dieron caza como á ave, sin por qué.
53 They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
53 Ataron mi vida en mazmorra, pusieron piedra sobre mí.
54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
54 Aguas de avenida vinieron sobre mi cabeza; yo dije: Muerto soy.
55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
55 Invoqué tu nombre, oh Jehová, desde la cárcel profunda.
56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
56 Oiste mi voz; no escondas tu oído á mi clamor, para mi respiro.
57 You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
57 Acercástete el día que te invoqué: dijiste: No temas.
58 O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
58 Abogaste, Señor, la causa de mi alma; redimiste mi vida.
59 O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
59 Tú has visto, oh Jehová, mi agravio; defiende mi causa.
60 You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.
60 Tú has visto toda su venganza; todos sus pensamientos contra mí.
61 Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;
61 Tú has oído el oprobio de ellos, oh Jehová, todas sus maquinaciones contra mí;
62 The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.
62 Los dichos de los que contra mí se levantaron, y su designio contra mí todo el día.
63 Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
63 Su sentarse, y su levantarse mira: yo soy su canción.
64 You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.
64 Dales el pago, oh Jehová, según la obra de sus manos.
65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
65 Dales ansia de corazón, tu maldición á ellos.
66 You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.
66 Persíguelos en tu furor, y quebrántalos de debajo de los cielos, oh Jehová.
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- 1 Psalm 88:7; Job 19:21; Psalm 88:15–16; Isaiah 53:3; Psalm 71:20
- 2 Job 30:26; Isaiah 59:9; Amos 5:18–20; Jeremiah 4:23; Jude 13
- 3 Isaiah 63:10; Lamentations 2:4–7; Deuteronomy 29:20; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 5:25
- 4 Psalm 51:8; Isaiah 38:13; Psalm 38:2–8; Jeremiah 50:17; Psalm 31:9–10
- 5 Lamentations 3:19; Jeremiah 23:15; Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7–9; Jeremiah 8:14
- 6 Psalm 88:5–6; Psalm 143:3; Psalm 143:7
- 7 Job 19:8; Job 3:23; Jeremiah 38:6; Psalm 88:8; Jeremiah 40:4
- 8 Job 30:20; Psalm 22:2; Job 19:7; Matthew 27:46; Lamentations 3:44
- 9 Isaiah 63:17; Hosea 2:6; Isaiah 30:28; Lamentations 3:11
- 10 Hosea 6:1; Psalm 10:9; Amos 5:18–20; Job 10:16; Hosea 5:14
- 11 Hosea 6:1; Job 16:12–13; Lamentations 1:13; Daniel 7:23; Jeremiah 19:8
- 12 Psalm 38:2; Job 7:20; Lamentations 2:4; Job 6:4; Psalm 7:12–13
- 13 Job 6:4; Deuteronomy 32:23; Job 41:28
- 14 Jeremiah 20:7; Lamentations 3:63; Psalm 22:6–7; Nehemiah 4:2–4; Psalm 123:3–4
- 15 Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:19; Ruth 1:20; Jeremiah 25:15–18; Isaiah 51:17–22
- 16 Proverbs 20:17; Jeremiah 6:26; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 58:6; Luke 11:11
- 17 Isaiah 59:11; Genesis 41:30; Lamentations 1:16; Isaiah 38:17; Jeremiah 8:15
- 18 Job 17:15; 1 Samuel 27:1; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 116:11
- 19 Lamentations 3:15; Lamentations 3:5; Job 7:7; Psalm 89:50; Psalm 132:1
- 20 Psalm 42:5–6; Psalm 42:11; Job 21:6; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 146:8
- 21 Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:24–29; Psalm 119:81
- 22 Psalm 86:15; Luke 1:50; Nehemiah 9:31; Micah 7:18–19; Malachi 3:6
- 23 Hebrews 10:23; Psalm 30:5; Isaiah 33:2; Psalm 36:5; Psalm 89:33
- 24 Psalm 73:26; Psalm 16:5; Psalm 142:5; Lamentations 3:21; Psalm 33:18
- 25 Micah 7:7–8; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 130:5–6; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 37:34
- 26 Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 130:5; Genesis 49:18; Hebrews 10:35
- 27 Ecclesiastes 12:1; Matthew 11:29–30; Psalm 119:71; Psalm 94:12; Psalm 90:12
- 28 Jeremiah 15:17; Lamentations 2:10; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 102:7
- 29 Job 40:4; Luke 15:18–19; Jeremiah 31:17; Luke 18:13; Zephaniah 2:3
- 30 Isaiah 50:6; Job 16:10; Matthew 5:39; Matthew 26:67; 2 Corinthians 11:20
- 31 Psalm 94:14; Psalm 103:8–10; Psalm 77:7; Isaiah 54:7–10; Isaiah 57:16
- 32 Psalm 78:38; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 103:11; Hosea 11:8; Judges 10:16
- 33 Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 18:32; Hebrews 12:9–10; Isaiah 28:21
- 34 Zechariah 9:11–12; Isaiah 51:22–23; Psalm 102:20; Jeremiah 51:33–36; Psalm 69:33
- 36 Isaiah 59:15; Habakkuk 1:13; Jeremiah 22:3; 2 Samuel 11:27
- 37 Psalm 33:9–11; Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 46:10; Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 21:30
- 38 Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 32:42; Job 2:10; Psalm 75:7
- 39 Proverbs 19:3; Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 30:15; Genesis 4:5–7; 2 Kings 3:13
- 40 2 Corinthians 13:5; Psalm 139:23–24; Joel 2:12–13; Psalm 4:4; Isaiah 55:7
- 41 Psalm 25:1; Psalm 28:2; Psalm 86:4; Psalm 143:6–8; 1 Thessalonians 2:8
- 42 Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 5:7–9; Luke 15:18–19; Zechariah 1:5; 2 Kings 24:4
- 43 Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 2:17; Lamentations 2:1–2; Lamentations 3:66; Psalm 83:15
- 44 Lamentations 3:8; Zechariah 7:13; Psalm 97:2; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 14:11
- 45 1 Corinthians 4:13; Lamentations 4:14–15; Deuteronomy 28:44; Deuteronomy 28:37; Lamentations 3:14
- 46 Lamentations 2:16; Psalm 22:6–8; Psalm 79:10; Exodus 11:7; Psalm 44:13–14
- 47 Isaiah 24:17–18; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 48:43–44; Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 1:13
- 48 Jeremiah 9:18; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 9:1; Psalm 119:136; Lamentations 1:16
- 49 Jeremiah 14:17; Psalm 77:2; Lamentations 1:16
- 50 Isaiah 63:15; Psalm 80:14–16; Lamentations 5:1; Psalm 102:19–20; Lamentations 2:20
- 51 Jeremiah 19:9; Luke 19:41–44; 1 Samuel 30:3–4; Lamentations 2:21; Jeremiah 14:16
- 52 Psalm 35:19; Psalm 35:7; Jeremiah 38:4–6; Psalm 69:4; John 15:25
- 53 Jeremiah 38:6; Daniel 6:17; Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 37:16; Matthew 27:66
- 54 Jonah 2:3–5; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 18:4; Psalm 69:1–2; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
- 55 Acts 16:24–28; Psalm 40:1–2; 2 Chronicles 33:11–12; Psalm 130:1–2; Jonah 2:2–4
- 56 Job 34:28; Isaiah 38:5; Psalm 55:1; Psalm 6:8–9; Psalm 34:6
- 57 James 4:8; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 41:14; Revelation 2:10
- 58 Psalms 34:22–35:1; Jeremiah 51:36; Psalm 103:4; Jeremiah 50:34; Psalm 71:23
- 59 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 9:4; Genesis 31:42; Psalm 26:1; 1 Peter 2:23
- 60 Jeremiah 11:19–20; Lamentations 3:59; Psalm 10:14
- 61 Lamentations 5:1; Psalm 89:50; Zephaniah 2:8; Psalm 74:18; Lamentations 3:30
- 62 Ezekiel 36:3; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:12; Psalm 140:3; Jeremiah 18:18
- 63 Psalm 139:2; Lamentations 3:14; Job 30:9
- 64 Psalm 28:4; Jeremiah 11:20; Revelation 6:10; 2 Timothy 4:14; Jeremiah 50:29
- 65 Isaiah 6:10; Deuteronomy 2:30; 1 Corinthians 16:22; Psalm 109:17–18; Deuteronomy 27:15–26
- 66 Psalm 8:3; Psalm 115:16; Lamentations 3:43; Deuteronomy 25:19; Jeremiah 10:11
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Again another Prophet says, They cut off My life in a dungeon, and cast a stone upon Me.
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To us who are (as Jeremiah saith), "prisoners of the earth," and covered with the denseness of carnal nature, this at all events is known, that as it is impossible for a man to step over his own shadow, however fast he may move (for the shadow will always move on as fast as it is being overtaken) or, as …
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