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Jeremiah 2 Brenton's English Septuagint

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Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
2 And he said, Thus saith the Lord, I remember the kindness of thy youth, and the love of thine espousals, in following the Holy One of Israel, saith the Lord.
1 Y FUÉ á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo: 2 Anda, y clama á los oídos de Jerusalem, diciendo: Así dice Jehová: Heme acordado de ti, de la misericordia de tu mocedad, del amor de tu desposorio, cuando andabas en pos de mí en el desierto, en tierra no sembrada.
3 Israel was the holy [people] to the Lord, [and] the first-fruits of his increase: all that devoured him shall offend; evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
3 Santidad [era] Israel á Jehová, primicias de sus nuevos frutos. Todos los que le devoran pecarán; mal vendrá sobre ellos, dice Jehová.
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and every family of the house of Israel.
4 Oid la palabra de Jehová, casa de Jacob, y todas las familias de la casa de Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain?
5 Así dijo Jehová: ¿Qué maldad hallaron en mí vuestros padres, que se alejaron de mí, y se fueron tras la vanidad, y tornáronse vanos?
6 And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man dwelt there?
6 Y no dijeron: ¿Dónde está Jehová, que nos hizo subir de tierra de Egipto, que nos hizo andar por el desierto, por una tierra desierta y despoblada, por tierra seca y de sombra de muerte, por una tierra por la cual no pasó varón, ni allí habitó hombre?
7 And I brought you to Carmel, that ye should eat the fruits thereof, and the good thereof; and ye went in, and defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
7 Y os metí en tierra de Carmelo, para que comieseis su fruto y su bien: mas entrasteis, y contaminasteis mi tierra, é hicisteis mi heredad abominable.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
8 Los sacerdotes no dijeron: ¿Dónde está Jehová? y los que tenían la ley no me conocieron; y los pastores se rebelaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaron en Baal, y anduvieron tras lo que no aprovecha.
9 Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children's children.
9 Por tanto entraré aún en juicio con vosotros, dijo Jehová, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos pleitearé.
10 For go to the isles of the Chettians, and see; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;
10 Porque pasad á las islas de Chîttim y mirad; y enviad á Cedar, y considerad cuidadosamente, y ved si se ha hecho cosa semejante á ésta:
11 if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, [for that] from which they shall not be profited.
11 Si [alguna] gente ha mudado [sus] dioses, bien que ellos no son dioses. Pero mi pueblo ha trocado su gloria por lo que no aprovecha.
12 The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.
12 Espantaos, cielos, sobre esto, y horrorizaos; desolaos en gran manera, dijo Jehová.
13 For my people has committed two [faults], and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.
13 Porque dos males ha hecho mi pueblo: dejáronme á mí, fuente de agua viva, por cavar para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas que no detienen aguas.
14 Is Israel a servant, or a home-born slave? why has he become a spoil?
14 ¿Es Israel siervo? ¿es esclavo? ¿por qué ha sido [dado] en presa?
15 The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited.
15 Los cachorros de los leones bramaron sobre él, dieron su voz; y pusieron su tierra en soledad; quemadas están sus ciudades, sin morador.
16 Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known thee, and mocked thee.
16 Aun los hijos de Noph y de Taphnes te quebrantaron la mollera.
17 Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God.
17 ¿No te acarreó esto tu dejar á Jehová tu Dios, cuando te hacía andar por camino?
18 And now what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? and what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers?
18 Ahora pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto, para que bebas agua del Nilo? ¿y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria, para que bebas agua del río?
19 Thine apostasy shall correct thee, and thy wickedness shall reprove thee: know then, and see, that thy forsaking me [has been] bitter to thee, saith the Lord thy God; and I have taken no pleasure in thee, saith the Lord thy God.
19 Tu maldad te castigará, y tu apartamiento te condenará: sabe pues y ve cuán malo y amargo es tu dejar á Jehová tu Dios, y faltar mi temor en ti, dice el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos.
20 For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and plucked asunder thy bands; and thou hast said, I will not serve thee, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.
20 Porque desde muy atrás he quebrado tu yugo, y roto tus ataduras; y dijiste: No serviré. Con todo eso, sobre todo collado alto y debajo de todo árbol umbroso, corrías tú, oh ramera.
21 Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!
21 Y yo te planté de buen vidueño, simiente verdadera toda ella: ¿cómo pues te me has tornado sarmientos de vid extraña?
22 Though thou shouldest wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself soap, [still] thou art stained by thine iniquities before me, saith the Lord.
22 Aunque te laves con lejía, y amontones jabón sobre ti, tu pecado está sellado delante de mí, dijo el Señor Jehová.
23 How wilt thou say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold thy ways in the burial-ground, and know what thou hast done: her voice has howled in the evening:
23 ¿Cómo dices: No soy inmunda, nunca anduve tras los Baales? Mira tu proceder en el valle, conoce lo que has hecho, dromedaria ligera que frecuentas sus carreras;
24 she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up [to them], who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at [the time of] her humiliation they shall find her.
24 Asna montés acostumbrada al desierto, que respira como quiere; ¿de su ocasión quién la detendrá? Todos los que la buscaren no se cansarán; hallaránla en su mes.
25 Withdraw thy foot from a rough way, and thy throat from thirst: but she said, I will strengthen myself: for she loved strangers, and went after them.
25 Defiende tus pies de andar descalzos, y tu garganta de la sed. Mas dijiste: Hase perdido la esperanza; en ninguna manera: porque extraños he amado, y tras ellos tengo de ir.
26 As is the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the children of Israel be ashamed; they, and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.
26 Como se avergüenza el ladrón cuando es tomado, así se avergonzarán la casa de Israel, ellos, sus reyes, sus príncipes, sus sacerdotes, y sus profetas;
27 They said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: and they have turned [their] backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions they will say, Arise, and save us.
27 Que dicen al leño: Mi padre eres tú; y á la piedra: Tú me has engendrado: pues me volvieron la cerviz, y no el rostro; y en el tiempo de su trabajo dicen: Levántate, y líbranos.
28 And where are thy gods, which thou madest for thyself? will they arise and save in the time of thine affliction? for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.
28 ¿Y dónde están tus dioses que hiciste para ti? Levántense, á ver si te podrán librar en el tiempo de tu aflicción: porque según el número de tus ciudades, oh Judá, fueron tus dioses.
29 Wherefore do ye speak unto me? ye all have been ungodly, and ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
29 ¿Por qué porfías conmigo? Todos vosotros prevaricasteis contra mí, dice Jehová.
30 In vain have I smitten your children; ye have not received correction: a sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet ye feared not.
30 Por demás he azotado vuestros hijos; no han recibido corrección. Cuchillo devoró vuestros profetas como león destrozador.
31 Hear ye the word of the Lord: thus saith the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? wherefore has my people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to thee any more?
31 ¡Oh generación! ved vosotros la palabra de Jehová. ¿He sido yo á Israel soledad, ó tierra de tinieblas? ¿Por qué ha dicho mi pueblo: Señores somos; nunca más vendremos á ti?
32 Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.
32 ¿Olvídase la virgen de su atavío, ó la desposada de sus sartales? mas mi pueblo se ha olvidado de mí por días que no tienen número.
33 What fair device wilt thou yet employ in thy ways, so as to seek love? [it shall] not [be] so; moreover thou hast done wickedly in corrupting thy ways;
33 ¿Por qué abonas tu camino para hallar amor, pues aun á las malvadas enseñaste tus caminos?
34 and in thine hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak.
34 Aun en tus faldas se halló la sangre de las almas de los pobres, de los inocentes: no la hallé en excavación, sino en todas estas cosas.
35 Yet thou saidst, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I [will] plead with thee, whereas thou sayest, I have not sinned.
35 Y dices: Porque soy inocente, de cierto su ira se apartó de mí. He aquí yo entraré en juicio contigo, porque dijiste: No he pecado.
36 For thou hast been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assur.
36 ¿Para qué discurres tanto, mudando tus caminos? También serás avergonzada de Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada de Asiria.
37 For thou shalt go forth thence also with thine hands upon thine head; for the Lord has rejected thine hope, and thou shalt not prosper in it.
37 También saldrás de él con tus manos sobre tu cabeza: porque Jehová deshechó tus confianzas, y en ellas no tendrás buen suceso.
Cross references (36)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 2 Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 16:8; Jeremiah 11:6; Deuteronomy 2:7; Isaiah 63:7–14
  2. 3 Revelation 14:4; James 1:18; Isaiah 41:11; Deuteronomy 7:6; Romans 11:16
  3. 4 Jeremiah 31:1; Micah 6:1; Jeremiah 44:24–26; Isaiah 51:1–4; Jeremiah 34:4
  4. 5 2 Kings 17:15; Romans 1:21; Jonah 2:8; Jeremiah 10:14–15; Psalm 115:8
  5. 6 Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 8:14–16; Hosea 13:4; Isaiah 63:11–13; Jeremiah 2:8
  6. 7 Deuteronomy 8:7–9; Jeremiah 16:18; Numbers 13:27; Ezekiel 36:17; Jeremiah 3:9
  7. 8 Habakkuk 2:18; Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 5:31; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Romans 2:17–24
  8. 9 Ezekiel 20:35–36; Exodus 20:5; Jeremiah 2:35; Micah 6:2; Leviticus 20:5
  9. 10 Psalm 120:5; Numbers 24:24; Genesis 10:4–5; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Chronicles 23:1
  10. 11 Romans 1:23; Isaiah 37:19; Psalm 106:20; Jeremiah 16:20; Micah 4:5
  11. 12 Isaiah 1:2; Deuteronomy 32:1; Micah 6:2; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 22:29
  12. 13 John 4:14; John 7:37; Revelation 21:6; Jeremiah 17:13; Psalm 36:9
  13. 14 Exodus 4:22; Genesis 15:3; Isaiah 50:1; Ecclesiastes 2:7
  14. 15 Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 9:11; Isaiah 5:29; Isaiah 1:7
  15. 16 Jeremiah 46:14; Jeremiah 43:7–9; Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:1; Deuteronomy 33:20
  16. 17 Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 2:13; Deuteronomy 28:15–68; Leviticus 26:15–46
  17. 18 Joshua 13:3; Jeremiah 2:36; Isaiah 31:1; Hosea 7:11; 2 Chronicles 28:20–21
  18. 19 Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 2:17; Psalm 36:1; Hosea 5:5
  19. 20 Deuteronomy 12:2; Leviticus 26:13; Jeremiah 17:2; Hosea 3:3; Jeremiah 30:8
  20. 21 Isaiah 5:4; Exodus 15:17; John 15:1; Psalm 80:8; Psalm 44:2
  21. 22 Jeremiah 17:1; Job 14:17; Hosea 13:12; Psalm 130:3; Job 9:30–31
  22. 23 Jeremiah 7:31; Proverbs 30:12; Jeremiah 3:2; Proverbs 30:20; Romans 3:19
  23. 24 Jeremiah 14:6; Hosea 5:15; Job 39:5–8; Jeremiah 2:27; Job 11:12
  24. 25 Deuteronomy 32:16; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 3:13; Romans 8:24; Lamentations 4:4
  25. 26 Ezra 9:7; Nehemiah 9:32–34; Jeremiah 32:32; Proverbs 6:30–31; Daniel 9:6–8
  26. 27 Isaiah 26:16; Hosea 7:14; Isaiah 46:6–8; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Ezekiel 8:16
  27. 28 Deuteronomy 32:37; Jeremiah 11:13; Isaiah 45:20; Judges 10:14; 2 Kings 17:30–31
  28. 29 Daniel 9:11; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 2:35; Jeremiah 3:2
  29. 30 Nehemiah 9:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Acts 7:52; Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 26:20–24
  30. 31 2 Samuel 12:7–9; Deuteronomy 32:15; Isaiah 45:19; Micah 6:9; Hosea 13:6
  31. 32 Psalm 106:21; Jeremiah 13:25; Jeremiah 2:11; Jeremiah 3:21; Isaiah 17:10
  32. 33 Isaiah 57:7–10; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 2:5–7; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 3:1–2
  33. 34 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Jeremiah 19:4; Exodus 22:2; Isaiah 57:5
  34. 35 Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:8–10; Romans 7:9; Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 2:9
  35. 36 Jeremiah 31:22; Hosea 5:13; 2 Chronicles 28:16; Hosea 12:1; 2 Chronicles 28:20–21
  36. 37 2 Samuel 13:19; Jeremiah 37:7–10; Ezekiel 17:15–20; Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 2:36

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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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. 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)