Isaiah · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Isaiah 37 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Al oír esto, Ezequías se quitó la túnica, se puso ropa áspera de duelo y entró en la casa del Señor.
1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
2 Envió a Eliaquim, encargado de la casa, a Sebna, el escriba, y a los principales sacerdotes, vestidos con ropa áspera de duelo, al profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz.
2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3 Le dijeron: Ezequías dice: Hoy es un día de angustia, castigo y vergüenza. Los niños están listos para nacer, pero no hay fuerza para dar a luz.
3 They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
4 Tal vez el Señor tu Dios escuche las palabras del alto oficial, enviado por su señor, el rey de Asiria, para insultar al Dios vivo, y haga que sus palabras queden en nada. Por eso ora por lo que queda del pueblo.
4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
5 Así llegaron a Isaías los servidores del rey Ezequías.
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Isaías les dijo: Digan a su señor: El Señor dice: No te angusties por las palabras que has oído de los servidores del rey de Asiria, que han hablado contra mí.
6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Mira, pondré un espíritu en él. Oirá malas noticias y volverá a su tierra; allí haré que lo maten.
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
8 El alto oficial regresó y encontró al rey de Asiria haciendo la guerra contra Libna, porque había oído que el rey se había marchado de Laquis.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 El rey de Asiria recibió la noticia de que Tirhaca, rey de Etiopía, había salido a luchar contra él. Al oírlo, envió representantes a Ezequías, rey de Judá, diciendo:
9 He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Digan a Ezequías, rey de Judá: No dejes que tu Dios, en quien confías, te dé una esperanza falsa, diciendo: «Jerusalén no será entregada al rey de Asiria».
10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
11 Sin duda has oído lo que los reyes de Asiria han hecho a todas las tierras, poniéndolas bajo maldición. ¿Y tú te salvarás de ese destino?
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?
12 ¿Salvaron los dioses de las naciones a quienes mis antepasados destruyeron: Gozán, Harán, Resef y los hijos de Edén que estaban en Telasar?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
13 ¿Dónde están el rey de Hamat, el rey de Arfad y el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Hena y de Iva?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
14 Ezequías recibió la carta de manos de quienes la trajeron y la leyó. Después subió a la casa del Señor y la abrió allí ante el Señor.
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.
15 Oró al Señor, diciendo:
15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
16 Señor de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, que estás sentado entre los querubines, solo tú eres Dios de todos los reinos de la tierra. Tú hiciste el cielo y la tierra.
16 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
17 Escúchanos, Señor; abre los ojos, Señor, y mira. Oye todas las palabras de Senaquerib, que ha enviado hombres para insultar al Dios vivo.
17 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
18 Es verdad, Señor, que los reyes de Asiria han destruido todas las naciones y sus tierras,
18 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
19 y han arrojado sus dioses al fuego. Pero no eran dioses, sino madera y piedra, obra de manos humanas; por eso pudieron destruirlos.
19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
20 Ahora, Señor nuestro Dios, sálvanos de sus manos, para que todos los reinos de la tierra sepan que tú, y solo tú, eres el Señor.
20 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
21 Isaías, hijo de Amoz, envió este mensaje a Ezequías: El Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: He oído la oración que me has dirigido contra Senaquerib, rey de Asiria.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says, ‘Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 Esta es la palabra que el Señor ha dicho acerca de él: Ante la hija virgen de Sión quedas avergonzado y eres motivo de risa; la hija de Jerusalén se burla de ti.
22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 ¿A quién has insultado y contra quién has hablado con amargura? ¿Contra quién has levantado la voz y alzado los ojos? Contra el Santo de Israel.
23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
24 Has enviado a tus servidores a insultar al Señor y has dicho: «Con todos mis carros de guerra he subido a la cima de las montañas, a lo más profundo del Líbano. Sus altos cedros y los mejores árboles de sus bosques serán cortados. Subiré a sus lugares más altos y a sus bosques espesos.
24 By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
25 He cavado pozos y he bebido sus aguas; con mi pie he secado todos los ríos de Egipto».
25 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
26 ¿No has oído que lo hice hace mucho y lo planeé en tiempos antiguos? Ahora he llevado a cabo mi plan, para que tú conviertas las ciudades fuertes en montones de muros derribados.
26 “‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.
27 Por eso sus habitantes no tenían fuerza; quedaron destrozados y avergonzados. Eran como la hierba del campo, como una planta verde, como la hierba de los techos que el viento frío seca.
27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
28 Pero yo sé cuándo te levantas y cuándo descansas, cuándo sales y cuándo entras.
28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
29 Tu ira contra mí y tu orgullo han llegado a mis oídos. Por eso pondré mi gancho en tu nariz y mi cuerda en tus labios, y te haré volver por el camino por donde viniste.
29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
30 Esta será la señal para ti: este año comerás de lo que crece por sí solo y el segundo año de lo que eso produzca. En el tercer año sembrarán, cosecharán el grano, plantarán viñedos y comerán sus frutos.
30 “‘This shall be the sign to you: You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
31 Los sobrevivientes de Judá volverán a echar raíces en la tierra y darán fruto.
31 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
32 De Jerusalén saldrán los que han sido protegidos, y del monte Sión los que siguen vivos. El firme propósito del Señor de los ejércitos hará esto.
32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’
33 Por eso el Señor dice acerca del rey de Asiria: No entrará en esta ciudad ni lanzará una flecha contra ella. No se acercará con armas ni levantará un muro de tierra para atacarla.
33 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
34 Volverá por el camino por donde vino y no entrará en esta ciudad.
34 He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says Yahweh.
35 Yo protegeré esta ciudad por mi honor y por el honor de mi siervo David.
35 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
36 El ángel del Señor salió y mató a ciento ochenta y cinco mil hombres del ejército asirio. Cuando la gente se levantó temprano por la mañana, solo se veían cadáveres.
36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
37 Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, regresó a su lugar en Nínive.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
38 Mientras adoraba en la casa de su dios Nisroc, sus hijos Adramelec y Sarezer lo mataron a espada y huyeron a la tierra de Ararat. Su hijo Esarhadón reinó en su lugar.
38 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
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Adrammelech
A son of Sennacherib who with his brother Sharezer put their father to the sword in the temple of Nisroch and escaped to the land of Ararat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38
Esar-haddon
Sennacherib's son, who reigned in his father's place after Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Ezra 4:2; Isaiah 37:38
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Tirhakah
King of Cush about whom Sennacherib was warned that he had set out to fight him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 19:1–37; 2 Kings 22:11; Isaiah 36:22–37:38; Ezra 9:5; Job 1:20–21
- 2 Isaiah 1:1; Joel 1:13; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 18:18
- 3 Isaiah 66:9; Hosea 13:13; 2 Kings 19:3; Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 26:17–18
- 4 Isaiah 36:20; Isaiah 1:9; Psalm 106:23; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 8:7–8
- 6 Isaiah 7:4; Isaiah 35:4; Mark 5:36; 2 Chronicles 20:15–20; Isaiah 41:10–14
- 7 2 Chronicles 32:21; Isaiah 31:8–9; Job 15:21; Isaiah 17:13–14; 2 Kings 7:6
- 8 Joshua 10:29; Joshua 21:13; 2 Kings 8:22; Joshua 10:31–34; Joshua 15:39
- 9 Isaiah 18:1; 1 Samuel 23:27–28; Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 37:7
- 10 Isaiah 36:15; 2 Kings 18:5; Psalm 22:8; 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Matthew 27:43
- 11 Isaiah 36:18–20; 2 Kings 17:4–6; Isaiah 10:7–14; Isaiah 37:18–19; Isaiah 14:17
- 12 Genesis 11:31; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11; Acts 7:2; 2 Kings 19:12
- 13 Jeremiah 49:23; Isaiah 10:9; 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 17:30–31
- 14 Psalm 123:1–4; 2 Kings 19:14; Psalm 62:1–3; Isaiah 37:1; Psalm 74:10
- 15 2 Chronicles 14:11; Daniel 9:3–4; 1 Samuel 7:8–9; 2 Chronicles 20:6–12; 2 Kings 19:15–19
- 16 Psalm 99:1; Exodus 25:22; Psalm 86:10; Isaiah 44:24; 1 Samuel 4:4
- 17 2 Chronicles 6:40; Psalm 17:6; 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 74:22; Psalm 10:14–15
- 18 Nahum 2:11–12; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 17:24; 1 Chronicles 5:26
- 19 Psalm 115:4–8; Isaiah 40:19–21; Isaiah 10:9–11; Hosea 8:6; Exodus 32:20
- 20 Psalm 46:10; 1 Kings 18:36–37; Psalm 83:17–18; Isaiah 42:8; Malachi 1:11
- 21 Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 91:15; Isaiah 38:3–6; 2 Kings 19:20–21; Daniel 9:20–23
- 22 Job 16:4; Isaiah 1:8; Lamentations 2:13; Psalm 9:14; Zechariah 2:10
- 23 Ezekiel 39:7; Daniel 5:20–23; Daniel 7:25; Ezekiel 28:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- 24 Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 36:9; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 4:8–14
- 25 1 Kings 20:10; Deuteronomy 11:10; Isaiah 36:12; 2 Kings 19:23–24
- 26 Acts 4:27–28; Acts 2:23; Isaiah 46:10–11; 1 Peter 2:8; Isaiah 10:15
- 27 Psalm 129:6; Psalm 127:1–2; Jeremiah 37:10; Psalm 90:5–6; Isaiah 19:16
- 28 Revelation 2:13; Psalm 139:1–11; Jeremiah 23:23–24; Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 15:3
- 29 Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 37:34; Ezekiel 38:4; Isaiah 30:28; Ezekiel 29:4
- 30 2 Kings 19:29; Leviticus 25:4–5; Isaiah 7:14; 2 Kings 20:9; 1 Kings 13:3–5
- 31 Isaiah 27:6; 2 Kings 19:30–31; Psalm 80:9; Isaiah 1:9; Romans 11:5
- 32 Isaiah 9:7; 2 Kings 19:31; Joel 2:18; Zechariah 1:14; Isaiah 59:17
- 33 Isaiah 8:7–10; Ezekiel 21:22; Isaiah 10:32–34; 2 Kings 19:32–35; Isaiah 33:20
- 34 Isaiah 37:29; Proverbs 21:30
- 35 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:6; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 23:5–6
- 36 Isaiah 10:12; 2 Kings 19:35; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Isaiah 31:8; 2 Samuel 24:16
- 37 Jonah 3:3; Jonah 1:2; Nahum 1:1; Jonah 4:11; Genesis 10:11–12
- 38 Genesis 8:4; Jeremiah 51:27; Ezra 4:2; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 19:36–37
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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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).
"I will defend this city for my servant David's sake." And besides, on account of His favor towards him, He suffered not Solomon to fall from the kingdom, great as the sin was which he had committed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)