Jeremiah · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Jeremiah 9 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 ¡Ojalá mi cabeza fuera una corriente de agua y mis ojos fuentes de lágrimas! Así lloraría día y noche por los muertos de la hija de mi pueblo.
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 ¡Ojalá tuviera en el desierto un lugar donde los viajeros pasan la noche! Me iría lejos de mi pueblo, porque todos son infieles, una banda de traidores.
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 «Tensan la lengua como un arco para lanzar mentiras. Se han vuelto poderosos en esta tierra, pero no por su sinceridad. Van de mal en mal y no me conocen», dice el Señor.
3 “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
4 Cuídense de su prójimo y no confíen en ningún hermano, porque todo hermano engaña a su hermano y todo vecino va de un lado a otro hablando mal de los demás.
4 “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
5 Cada uno se burla de su prójimo con engaños y no dice la verdad. Han enseñado a su lengua a mentir; son perversos y no quieren volver.
5 Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 «Hay maldad sobre maldad y engaño sobre engaño; han renunciado a conocerme», dice el Señor.
6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
7 Por eso dice el Señor de los ejércitos: «Los fundiré en el fuego y los pondré a prueba. Lo haré por su maldad.
7 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8 Su lengua es una flecha mortal y su boca habla con engaño. Cada uno habla de paz con su prójimo, pero en el corazón le prepara una emboscada.
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
9 ¿No he de castigarlos por esto?», dice el Señor. «¿No he de dar su merecido a una nación como esta?».
9 Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
10 Lloren y laméntense por los montes; entonen un lamento por los campos del desierto. Están quemados y nadie pasa por ellos; no se oye el ganado. Las aves del cielo y los animales han huido y se han ido.
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.
11 «Haré de Jerusalén un montón de piedras y una guarida de chacales. Dejaré las ciudades de Judá en ruinas, sin habitantes».
11 “I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 ¿Quién es lo bastante sabio para entender esto? ¿A quién le ha hablado el Señor para que lo explique? ¿Por qué la tierra ha sido destruida y quemada como un desierto por donde nadie pasa?
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13 El Señor respondió: «Porque abandonaron la ley que les di, no escucharon mi voz ni se dejaron guiar por ella.
13 Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
14 Siguieron el orgullo de su corazón y a los baales, como les enseñaron sus antepasados».
14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
15 Por eso dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: «Daré a este pueblo plantas amargas para comer y agua amarga para beber.
15 Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 Los haré vagar entre naciones que ni ellos ni sus antepasados conocieron, y enviaré la espada tras ellos hasta acabar con ellos».
16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
17 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: «Piensen en esto y llamen a las mujeres que se lamentan para que vengan. Llamen a las mujeres sabias para que vengan.
17 Yahweh of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
18 Que pronto entonen un lamento por nosotros, para que nuestros ojos derramen lágrimas y corran como arroyos».
18 Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 Se oye un lamento desde Sión: «¡Cómo hemos sido destruidos! Nos cubre la vergüenza, porque hemos dejado nuestra tierra; él nos ha expulsado de nuestra casa».
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20 Mujeres, escuchen ahora la palabra del Señor; presten atención a lo que dice. Enseñen a sus hijas a lamentarse y cada una enseñe a su vecina un canto de duelo.
20 Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
21 La muerte ha entrado por nuestras ventanas y se ha abierto paso hasta nuestros palacios. Ha acabado con los niños en las calles y con los jóvenes en las plazas.
21 For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
22 Los cadáveres caerán como desechos sobre el campo abierto, como el grano que deja caer el segador, y nadie los recogerá.
22 Speak, “Yahweh says, “‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester. No one will gather them.’”
23 Así dice el Señor: «Que el sabio no se enorgullezca de su sabiduría, ni el fuerte de su fuerza, ni el rico de su riqueza.
23 Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
24 Si alguien ha de enorgullecerse, que sea de tener entendimiento para conocerme: yo soy el Señor, que actúa con misericordia, dicta sentencias justas y practica la justicia en la tierra. En esas cosas me complazco», dice el Señor.
24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
25 «Viene el día», dice el Señor, «en que castigaré a todos los que tienen la circuncisión en el cuerpo:
25 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
26 Egipto, Judá, Edom, los amonitas, Moab y todos los que se cortan las puntas del cabello y viven en el desierto. Todas esas naciones y todo el pueblo de Israel tienen el corazón sin circuncidar».
26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 13:17; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 8:21–22; Jeremiah 6:26
- 2 Jeremiah 5:7–8; Jeremiah 23:10; Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:4; Jeremiah 12:1
- 3 Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 9:8; Judges 2:10; Isaiah 59:13–15; Romans 3:13
- 4 Micah 7:5–6; Proverbs 26:24–25; Psalm 12:2–3; Jeremiah 6:28; Proverbs 10:18
- 5 Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 57:10; Micah 6:12; Job 15:5; Isaiah 59:13–15
- 6 Jeremiah 13:10; Hosea 4:6; Romans 1:28; Jeremiah 20:10; Proverbs 1:24
- 7 Isaiah 1:25; Malachi 3:3; Jeremiah 6:27; Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9
- 8 Psalm 28:3; Proverbs 26:24–26; Psalm 64:3–4; Psalm 120:3; Jeremiah 9:3
- 9 Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 5:9; Isaiah 1:24
- 10 Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 33:28; Jeremiah 7:29
- 11 Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 10:22; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 51:37
- 12 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 107:43; Deuteronomy 32:29; Psalm 107:34; Revelation 1:3
- 13 Jeremiah 22:9; 2 Chronicles 7:19; Ezra 9:10; Proverbs 28:4; Psalm 119:53
- 14 Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 1:18; Romans 1:21–24
- 15 Jeremiah 8:14; Psalm 80:5; Lamentations 3:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:15
- 16 Ezekiel 5:12; Deuteronomy 28:64; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2; Jeremiah 44:27
- 17 Amos 5:16–17; Ecclesiastes 12:5; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Mark 5:38; Matthew 9:23
- 18 Jeremiah 9:1; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 9:20; Lamentations 2:11
- 19 Jeremiah 4:13; Ezekiel 7:16–18; Deuteronomy 28:29; Micah 1:8–9; Lamentations 5:2
- 20 Luke 23:27–30; Isaiah 32:9–13; Job 22:22; Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 9:17–18
- 21 Jeremiah 6:11; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 15:7; Ezekiel 9:5–6; Ezekiel 21:14–15
- 22 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 25:33; Zephaniah 1:17; Jeremiah 16:4; Psalm 83:10
- 23 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Isaiah 5:21; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
- 24 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Micah 6:8; Micah 7:18
- 25 Galatians 5:2–6; Romans 2:25–26; Romans 2:8–9; Ezekiel 32:19–32; Amos 3:2
- 26 Leviticus 26:41; Jeremiah 4:4; Ezekiel 44:7; Isaiah 19:24–25; Romans 2:28–29
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