Jeremiah · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

Jeremiah 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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1 El Señor me habló y me dijo:

1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

2 «Ve y anuncia a Jerusalén: Así dice el Señor: Recuerdo tu bondad cuando eras joven y tu amor cuando te convertiste en mi esposa. Me seguías por el desierto, por una tierra sin sembrar.

2 “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

3 Israel estaba consagrado al Señor, como los primeros frutos de su cosecha. Todos los que lo atacaban eran declarados culpables y sufrían desgracias», dice el Señor.

3 Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

4 Escuchen las palabras del Señor, descendientes de Jacob y todas las familias de Israel.

4 Hear Yahweh’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

5 Así dice el Señor: «¿Qué mal encontraron en mí sus antepasados para alejarse de mí? Siguieron lo falso y se volvieron falsos.

5 Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?

6 Nunca preguntaron: “¿Dónde está el Señor que nos sacó de Egipto y nos guio por el desierto, por una tierra sin sembrar, llena de barrancos, por una tierra seca y de sombras profundas, por donde nadie pasaba ni vivía?”.

6 They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’

7 Los llevé a una tierra fértil para que vivieran de sus frutos y riquezas. Pero al entrar contaminaron mi tierra e hicieron de mi herencia algo repugnante.

7 I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

8 Los sacerdotes no preguntaron: “¿Dónde está el Señor?”. Los expertos en la ley no me conocían. Los gobernantes pecaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaron en nombre de Baal y siguieron cosas sin valor.

8 The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.

9 Por eso volveré a presentar mi acusación contra ustedes y contra los hijos de sus hijos», dice el Señor.

9 “Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

10 «Vayan a las costas de Quitim y miren; envíen a alguien a Cedar y examinen bien si alguna vez ha sucedido algo semejante.

10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.

11 ¿Ha cambiado alguna nación sus dioses, aunque no sean dioses? Pero mi pueblo ha cambiado su gloria por lo que no sirve de nada.

11 Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.

12 ¡Cielos, asómbrense de esto! ¡Tiemblen de miedo y queden completamente desolados!», dice el Señor.

12 “Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.

13 «Mi pueblo ha cometido dos males: me ha abandonado a mí, la fuente de agua viva, y ha cavado en la roca sus propias cisternas, cisternas agrietadas que no pueden retener agua.

13 “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

14 ¿Es Israel un siervo? ¿Nació como siervo de la casa? ¿Por qué lo han dejado en ruinas?

14 Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?

15 Los leoncillos rugieron con fuerza contra él. Dejaron su tierra desolada y sus ciudades quemadas, sin habitantes.

15 The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

16 Hasta los habitantes de Nof y Tafnes te han humillado.

16 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

17 ¿No te ha sucedido esto por abandonar al Señor tu Dios, que te guiaba por el camino?

17 “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

18 ¿Qué tienes que ir a hacer a Egipto para beber las aguas del Nilo? ¿Y qué tienes que ir a hacer a Asiria para beber las aguas del río?

18 Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

19 Tu propia maldad te castigará y tus errores te juzgarán. Comprende bien cuán malo y amargo es abandonar al Señor tu Dios y dejar de temerme», dice el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos.

19 “Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

20 «Hace tiempo rompiste tu yugo y tus ataduras, y dijiste: “No te serviré”. En cada colina alta y bajo cada árbol frondoso te comportaste como una prostituta.

20 “For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

21 Yo te planté como una vid de buena calidad, de semilla pura. ¿Cómo te convertiste en una vid extraña que extiende sus ramas?

21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

22 Aunque te laves con lejía y uses mucho jabón, la mancha de tu maldad sigue delante de mí», dice el Señor Dios.

22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

23 «¿Cómo puedes decir: “No me he contaminado ni he seguido a los baales”? Mira lo que has hecho en el valle y reconoce tus acciones. Eres como una camella veloz que corre de un lado a otro,

23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,

24 como una burra salvaje acostumbrada al desierto, que olfatea el viento llena de deseo. Cuando está en celo, ¿quién puede detenerla? Los que la buscan no tendrán que cansarse; en su mes la encontrarán.

24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

25 No dejes que tus pies queden descalzos ni que tu garganta se seque de sed. Pero tú dijiste: “No hay esperanza. ¡No! Amo a los dioses extraños y los seguiré”.

25 “Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

26 Como un ladrón siente vergüenza al ser descubierto, así siente vergüenza Israel: el pueblo, sus reyes, sus gobernantes, sus sacerdotes y sus profetas.

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,

27 Le dicen a un árbol: “Tú eres mi padre”, y a una piedra: “Tú me has dado vida”. Me han dado la espalda en vez de mirarme, pero cuando tengan dificultades dirán: “¡Levántate y sálvanos!”.

27 who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’

28 ¿Dónde están los dioses que te hiciste? ¡Que vengan a salvarte en tus dificultades, si pueden! Judá, tienes tantos dioses como ciudades.

28 “But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.

29 ¿Por qué presentan acusaciones contra mí? Todos ustedes han pecado contra mí», dice el Señor.

29 “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

30 «En vano castigué a sus hijos: no aceptaron la corrección. Su espada devoró a sus profetas como un león que mata.

30 “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

31 Gente de esta generación, atiendan a la palabra del Señor. ¿He sido un desierto para Israel, o una tierra de oscuridad profunda? ¿Por qué dice mi pueblo: “Somos libres; ya no volveremos a ti”?

31 Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?

32 ¿Puede una virgen olvidar sus adornos, o una novia su vestido? Sin embargo, mi pueblo me ha olvidado durante incontables días.

32 “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

33 ¡Con cuánto cuidado preparas tus caminos para buscar amor! Hasta a las mujeres malvadas les has enseñado tus caminos.

33 How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.

34 En el borde de tu ropa se encuentra la sangre de pobres inocentes. No los sorprendiste entrando a robar. Y a pesar de todo esto,

34 Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.

35 dices: “Soy inocente; sin duda, su ira se ha apartado de mí”. Pero voy a juzgarte porque dices: “No he pecado”.

35 “Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

36 ¿Por qué vas de un lado a otro cambiando de camino? Egipto te hará pasar vergüenza, como te la hizo pasar Asiria.

36 Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

37 También saldrás de allí con las manos sobre la cabeza, porque el Señor ha rechazado a aquellos en quienes confiaste, y no te ayudarán».

37 You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.

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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).

Quotes verse 2:13 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XXII)
Those, therefore, who do not partake of Him, are neither nourished into life from the mother's breasts, nor do they enjoy that most limpid fountain which issues from the body of Christ; but they dig for themselves broken cisterns out of earthly trenches, and drink putrid water out of the mire, fleeing from the faith of the Church lest they …
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 2:27 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book II)
She then started up with a pious fear and trembling; and, although I had not yet been baptized, she feared those crooked ways in which they walk who turn their back to Thee, and not their face.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Quotes verse 2:10 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVII)
This God also did unto the Jews, when He said, "Go ye forth unto the Isles of Chittim, and send unto Kedar, and know if nations will change their gods; which yet are no gods." And to the brutes likewise He sends us oftentimes, saying on this wise, "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, and emulate her ways:" and "go …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 2:21 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture II)
For that we sin of our own free will the Prophet says plainly in a certain place: Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, wholly true: how art thou turned to bitterness, (and become) the strange vine?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 2:12 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XI–XIII)
… of my mouth;" and Isaiah, "Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;" and Jeremiah describes astonishment in heaven at the tidings of the unholy deeds of the people: "The heaven was astonished at this, and was horribly afraid, because my people committed two evils." And so the apostle, knowing the angels to be set over men as tutors and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)

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