Jeremiah · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Jeremiah 3 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 «Dicen: Si un hombre se divorcia de su esposa y ella lo deja y se casa con otro, ¿volverá él a ella? ¿No quedaría contaminada esa tierra? Tú te has prostituido con muchos amantes. ¿Volverás ahora a mí?», dice el Señor.
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
2 «Alza la vista hacia las colinas despejadas y mira: ¿dónde no te has entregado a tus amantes? Los esperabas junto al camino, como un árabe en el desierto. Has contaminado la tierra con tu prostitución y tu maldad.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
3 Por eso se han detenido las lluvias y no ha llovido en primavera. Pero sigues teniendo la frente de una prostituta y te niegas a sentir vergüenza.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
4 ¿No me llamarás desde ahora, diciendo: “Padre mío, tú eres el amigo de mi juventud”?
4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
5 “¿Estará enojado para siempre? ¿Mantendrá su ira hasta el final?”. Eso dices, pero haces el mal y te sales con la tuya».
5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
6 En tiempos del rey Josías, el Señor me dijo: «¿Has visto lo que ha hecho Israel, que se apartó de mí? Ha subido a cada monte alto y se ha puesto bajo cada árbol frondoso para prostituirse allí.
6 Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
7 Pensé que después de hacer todo eso volvería a mí, pero no volvió. Su hermana infiel, Judá, lo vio.
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 Judá vio que yo había despedido a Israel y le había dado un documento de divorcio por haberse apartado de mí y haberme sido infiel. Sin embargo, su hermana infiel, Judá, no tuvo miedo y fue e hizo lo mismo.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 Con su prostitución contaminó la tierra y me fue infiel, entregándose a piedras y árboles.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
10 A pesar de todo esto, su hermana infiel, Judá, no volvió a mí de todo corazón, sino con engaño», dice el Señor.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
11 El Señor me dijo: «Israel, que se apartó de mí, ha resultado más justa que Judá, la infiel.
11 Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12 Ve y anuncia estas palabras hacia el norte: Vuelve, Israel, aunque te hayas apartado de mí», dice el Señor. «No te miraré con ira, porque soy misericordioso», dice el Señor. «No estaré enojado para siempre.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
13 Solo reconoce tu pecado: te rebelaste contra el Señor tu Dios, fuiste con hombres extraños bajo cada árbol frondoso y no escuchaste mi voz», dice el Señor.
13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh.
14 «Vuelvan, hijos rebeldes», dice el Señor, «porque soy su esposo. Los tomaré, uno de una ciudad y dos de una familia, y los llevaré a Sión.
14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 Les daré pastores que agraden a mi corazón y los alimenten con conocimiento y sabiduría.
15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Cuando ustedes se multipliquen y crezcan en la tierra, en aquellos días», dice el Señor, «ya no hablarán del arca del pacto del Señor. No pensarán en ella, ni la recordarán, ni sentirán su falta, ni volverán a hacerla.
16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
17 En ese tiempo Jerusalén será llamada el trono del Señor. Todas las naciones se reunirán allí, en Jerusalén, para honrar el nombre del Señor. Ya no seguirán los propósitos de su corazón malvado.
17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18 En aquellos días el pueblo de Judá irá con el pueblo de Israel. Juntos saldrán de la tierra del norte hacia la tierra que di como herencia a sus antepasados.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
19 Yo dije: “¿Cómo te pondré entre mis hijos y te daré una tierra deseada, una herencia gloriosa entre los ejércitos de las naciones?”. También dije: “Me llamarás Padre mío y no te apartarás de mí”.
19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
20 Pero como una esposa es infiel a su marido, así ustedes me han sido infieles, pueblo de Israel», dice el Señor.
20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
21 Se oye una voz en las colinas despejadas: el llanto y las súplicas de los hijos de Israel, porque han torcido su camino y han olvidado al Señor su Dios.
21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
22 «Vuelvan, hijos rebeldes, y les quitaré el deseo de apartarse de mí». «Aquí estamos; venimos a ti, porque tú eres el Señor nuestro Dios.
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
23 Las colinas y el ruido de un ejército en los montes son una falsa esperanza. Solo en el Señor nuestro Dios está la salvación de Israel.
23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
24 Desde nuestra juventud, Baal ha consumido el fruto del trabajo de nuestros antepasados: sus ovejas y reses, sus hijos e hijas.
24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Tendámonos en el suelo con nuestra vergüenza y cubrámonos de humillación. Nosotros y nuestros antepasados hemos pecado contra el Señor nuestro Dios desde nuestra juventud hasta hoy, y no hemos escuchado su voz».
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 24:1–4; Ezekiel 16:26; Jeremiah 4:1; Ezekiel 23:4–49; Jeremiah 2:20
- 2 Ezekiel 16:24–25; Genesis 38:14; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 8:4–6; Jeremiah 2:20
- 3 Leviticus 26:19; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 4:7; Deuteronomy 28:23
- 4 Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 31:9; Proverbs 2:17; Hosea 2:15
- 5 Ezekiel 22:6; Jeremiah 3:12; Isaiah 57:16; Micah 2:1; Micah 7:3
- 6 Ezekiel 16:31; 2 Kings 17:7–17; 1 Kings 14:23; Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 3:11–14
- 7 Ezekiel 16:46; 2 Chronicles 30:6–12; Hosea 14:1; 2 Kings 17:13–14; Hosea 6:1–4
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:1; 2 Kings 18:9–11; Hosea 2:2–3; Isaiah 50:1; Hosea 3:4
- 9 Jeremiah 2:27; Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 3:2; Habakkuk 2:19; Jeremiah 10:8
- 10 Hosea 7:14; Jeremiah 12:2; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 10:6; 2 Chronicles 34:33–35:18
- 11 Ezekiel 23:11; Ezekiel 16:51–52; Hosea 11:7; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 4:16
- 12 Psalm 86:15; Ezekiel 33:11; Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Jeremiah 3:22; Micah 7:18–20
- 13 Jeremiah 3:25; Deuteronomy 30:1–3; Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 2:25
- 14 Hosea 2:19–20; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 31:32; Isaiah 54:5; Ezekiel 34:11–14
- 15 Jeremiah 23:4; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11–12; Ezekiel 34:23; John 21:15–17
- 16 Amos 9:14–15; Ezekiel 37:26; Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:1–2; Hosea 1:10–11
- 17 Ezekiel 43:7; Micah 4:1–5; Jeremiah 17:12; Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 18 Jeremiah 31:8; Amos 9:15; Jeremiah 23:8; Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 50:4
- 19 Jeremiah 3:4; Romans 8:15–17; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16; 1 John 3:1–3
- 20 Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 3:8–10; Malachi 2:11; Hosea 5:7
- 21 2 Corinthians 7:10; Jeremiah 3:2; Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 17:10
- 22 Hosea 14:4; Hosea 14:1; Zechariah 13:9; Jeremiah 30:17; Hosea 6:1–2
- 23 Psalm 121:1–2; Psalm 3:8; Isaiah 12:2; John 4:22; Hosea 1:7
- 24 Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13; Ezekiel 16:61; Hosea 2:8; Ezekiel 16:63
- 25 Jeremiah 22:21; Lamentations 5:16; Proverbs 5:13; Ezekiel 7:18; Jeremiah 2:26
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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).
Hear what God saith unto Jerusalem, "I said, after she had committed all these whoredoms, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." When we have come back unto the earnest love of God, He remembers not the former things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Which He doth in the prophets also, using these words, "I said, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." Then having called her, He tells also her blood-stained deeds, "Thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, and ye would not," in this way also …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)