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1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
1 ¡AY de los que piensan iniquidad, y de los que fabrican el mal en sus camas! Cuando viene la mañana lo ponen en obra, porque tienen en su mano el poder.
1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
2 Y codiciaron las heredades, y robáronlas: y casas, y las tomaron: oprimieron al hombre y á su casa, al hombre y á su heredad.
2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.
3 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí, yo pienso sobre esta familia un mal, del cual no sacaréis vuestros cuellos, ni andaréis erguidos; porque el tiempo será malo.
3 Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.
4 In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.
4 En aquel tiempo se levantará sobre vosotros refrán, y se endechará endecha de lamentación, diciendo: Del todo fuimos destruídos; ha cambiado la parte de mi pueblo. ¡Cómo nos quitó nuestros campos! dió, repartiólos [á otros].
4 In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”
5 For this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.
5 Por tanto, no tendrás quien eche cordel para suerte en la congregación de Jehová.
5 Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly.
6 Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
6 No profeticéis, [dicen] á los que profetizan; no les profeticen que los ha de comprender vergüenza.
6 “Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
7 Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?
7 La que te dices casa de Jacob, ¿hase acortado el espíritu de Jehová? ¿son éstas sus obras? ¿Mis palabras no hacen bien al que camina derechamente?
7 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is Yahweh’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”
8 As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.
8 El que ayer era mi pueblo, se ha levantado como enemigo: tras las vestiduras quitasteis las capas atrevidamente á los que pasaban, [como] los que vuelven de la guerra.
8 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.
9 The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.
9 A las mujeres de mi pueblo echasteis fuera de las casas de sus delicias: á sus niños quitasteis mi perpetua alabanza.
9 You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
10 Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.
10 Levantaos, y andad, que no es ésta la holganza; porque [está] contaminada, corrompióse, y de grande corrupción.
10 Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
11 If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
11 Si [hubiere] alguno que ande con el viento, y finja mentiras [diciendo]: Yo te profetizaré de vino y de sidra; este tal será profeta á este pueblo.
11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink,” he would be the prophet of this people.
12 I will certainly make all of you, O Jacob, come together; I will get together the rest of Israel; I will put them together like the sheep in their circle: like a flock in their green field; they will be full of the noise of men.
12 De cierto te reuniré todo, oh Jacob: recogeré ciertamente el resto de Israel: pondrélo junto como ovejas de Bosra, como rebaño en mitad de su majada: harán estruendo por [la multitud de] los hombres.
12 I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture. They will swarm with people.
13 The opener of the way will go up before them: forcing their way out they will go on to the doorway and out through it: their king will go on before them, and the Lord at their head.
13 Subirá rompedor delante de ellos; romperán y pasarán la puerta, y saldrán por ella: y su rey pasará delante de ellos, y á la cabeza de ellos Jehová.
13 He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 36:4; Isaiah 32:7; Psalm 7:14–16; Hosea 7:6–7; Proverbs 6:12–19
- 2 Isaiah 5:8; Jeremiah 22:17; Amos 8:4; Ezekiel 18:12; Matthew 23:13
- 3 Jeremiah 8:3; Amos 5:13; Isaiah 2:11–12; Jeremiah 18:11; Amos 9:1–4
- 4 Habakkuk 2:6; Jeremiah 9:17–21; Micah 1:15; Jeremiah 9:10; Isaiah 24:3
- 5 Joshua 18:4; Deuteronomy 32:8; Joshua 18:10; Deuteronomy 23:2; Psalm 16:6
- 6 Amos 2:12; Isaiah 30:10; Acts 5:40; Ezekiel 3:26; Psalm 74:9
- 7 Psalm 84:11; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 15:2; Zechariah 4:6; Proverbs 10:9
- 8 2 Samuel 20:19; Psalm 120:6–7; 2 Chronicles 28:5–8; Psalm 55:20; Isaiah 9:21
- 9 Ezekiel 39:21; Habakkuk 2:14; Luke 20:47; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 72:19
- 10 Deuteronomy 12:9; Psalm 106:38; 2 Kings 17:6; Hebrews 4:1–9; 1 Kings 9:7
- 11 Jeremiah 5:31; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Isaiah 30:10–11; Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 28:15
- 12 Micah 4:6–7; Micah 5:7; Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 31:7–10; Ezekiel 37:21
- 13 Isaiah 52:12; Isaiah 45:1–2; Zechariah 9:14–15; Revelation 7:17; John 10:27–30
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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).
… the people for their rebellion and disobedience; "you do always," he says, "resist the Holy Ghost;" and again Isaiah,--"They vexed His Holy Spirit, therefore He was turned to be their enemy;" and in another passage, "the house of Jacob angered the Spirit of the Lord." Are not these passages indicative of authoritative power?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)