Jeremiah · Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 15 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
1 Y DÍJOME Jehová: Si Moisés y Samuel se pusieran delante de mí, mi voluntad no será con este pueblo: échalos de delante de mí, y salgan.
2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
2 Y será que si te preguntaren: ¿A dónde saldremos? les dirás: Así ha dicho Jehová: El que á muerte, á muerte; y el que á cuchillo, á cuchillo; y el que á hambre, á hambre; y el que á cautividad, á cautividad.
3 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
3 Y enviaré sobre ellos cuatro géneros, dice Jehová: cuchillo para matar, y perros para despedazar, y aves del cielo y bestias de la tierra, para devorar y para disipar.
4 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
4 Y entregarélos á ser agitados por todos los reinos de la tierra, á causa de Manasés hijo de Ezechîas rey de Judá, por lo que hizo en Jerusalem.
5 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
5 Porque ¿quién tendrá compasión de ti, oh Jerusalem? ¿ó quién se entristecerá por tu causa? ¿ó quién ha de venir á preguntar por tu paz?
6 You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
6 Tú me dejaste, dice Jehová, atrás te volviste: por tanto yo extenderé sobre ti mi mano, y te destruiré; estoy cansado de arrepentirme.
7 I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
7 Y aventélos con aventador hasta las puertas de la tierra; desahijé, desbaraté mi pueblo; no se tornaron de sus caminos.
8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
8 Sus viudas se me multiplicaron más que la arena de la mar; traje contra ellos destruidor á medio día sobre la madre [y] los hijos; sobre la ciudad hice que de repente cayesen terrores.
9 The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
9 Enflaquecióse la que parió siete; llenóse de dolor su alma; su sol se le puso siendo aún de día; fué avergonzada y llena de confusión: y lo que de ella quedare, entregarélo á cuchillo delante de sus enemigos, dice Jehová.
10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
10 ¡Ay de mí, madre mía, que me has engendrado hombre de contienda y hombre de discordia á toda la tierra! Nunca les dí á logro, ni lo tomé de ellos; [y] todos me maldicen.
11 The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
11 Dijo Jehová: De cierto tus reliquias [serán] en bien; de cierto haré que el enemigo te salga á recibir en el tiempo trabajoso, y en el tiempo de angustia.
12 Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?
12 ¿Quebrará el hierro al hierro de la parte de aquilón, y al bronce?
13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
13 Tus riquezas y tus tesoros daré á saco sin ningún precio, por todos tus pecados, y en todos tus términos;
14 Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
14 Y [te] haré pasar á tus enemigos en tierra que no conoces: porque fuego se ha encendido en mi furor, y arderá sobre vosotros.
15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
15 Tú lo sabes, oh Jehová; acuérdate de mí, y visítame, y véngame de mis enemigos. No me tomes en la prolongación de tu enojo: sabes que por amor de ti sufro afrenta.
16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
16 Halláronse tus palabras, y yo las comí; y tu palabra me fué por gozo y por alegría de mi corazón: porque tu nombre se invocó sobre mí, oh Jehová Dios de los ejércitos.
17 I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
17 No me senté en compañía de burladores, ni me engreí á causa de tu profecía; sentéme solo, porque me llenaste de desabrimiento.
18 Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
18 ¿Por qué fué perpetuo mi dolor, y mi herida desahuciada no admitió cura? ¿Serás para mí como [cosa] ilusoria, como aguas que no son estables?
19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
19 Por tanto así dijo Jehová: Si te convirtieres, yo te repondré, y delante de mí estarás; y si sacares lo precioso de lo vil, serás como mi boca. Conviértanse ellos á ti, y tú no te conviertas á ellos.
20 Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
20 Y te daré para este pueblo por fuerte muro de bronce, y pelearán contra ti, y no te vencerán: porque yo estoy contigo para guardarte y para defenderte, dice Jehová.
21 I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
21 Y librarte he de la mano de los malos, y te redimiré de la mano de los fuertes.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20–21; Jeremiah 14:11; Jeremiah 11:14; Psalm 106:23
- 2 Jeremiah 43:11; Zechariah 11:9; Revelation 6:3–8; Ezekiel 5:2; Revelation 13:10
- 3 Deuteronomy 28:26; Leviticus 26:16; Leviticus 26:22; Ezekiel 14:21; Leviticus 26:25
- 4 Jeremiah 24:9; 2 Kings 24:3–4; 2 Kings 21:11–13; 2 Kings 21:16–17; 2 Kings 23:26–27
- 5 Isaiah 51:19; Nahum 3:7; Jeremiah 21:7; Psalm 69:20; Jeremiah 16:5
- 6 Jeremiah 7:24; Zephaniah 1:4; Hosea 11:7; Isaiah 1:4; Zechariah 7:11
- 7 Matthew 3:12; Jeremiah 51:2; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 41:16
- 8 Isaiah 3:25–4:1; Luke 21:35; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 6:4–5; Jeremiah 5:6
- 9 1 Samuel 2:5; Isaiah 47:9; Lamentations 1:1; Amos 8:9–10; Jeremiah 21:7
- 10 Luke 6:22; Job 3:1–26; Psalm 120:5–6; Acts 17:6–8; Luke 2:34
- 11 Proverbs 16:7; Jeremiah 29:11–14; Psalm 106:46; Psalm 37:3–11; Ecclesiastes 8:12
- 12 Habakkuk 1:5–10; Job 40:9; Jeremiah 21:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 1:18–19
- 13 Jeremiah 17:3; Psalm 44:12; Isaiah 52:3; Jeremiah 20:5; Jeremiah 15:8
- 14 Deuteronomy 32:22; Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 17:4; Deuteronomy 28:36; Psalm 21:9
- 15 Jeremiah 12:3; Psalm 69:7–9; Luke 21:17; Jeremiah 17:16; Jeremiah 20:12
- 16 Revelation 10:9–10; Ezekiel 3:1–3; Psalm 119:101–103; Job 23:12; Psalm 19:10
- 17 Lamentations 3:28; Psalm 1:1; Psalm 26:4–5; Ezekiel 3:24–25; 2 Corinthians 6:17
- 18 Jeremiah 30:15; Job 34:6; Micah 1:9; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 20:7
- 19 Zechariah 3:7; Luke 21:15; Leviticus 10:10; Ezekiel 44:23; Ezekiel 22:26
- 20 Jeremiah 1:18–19; Ezekiel 3:9; Psalm 46:7; Isaiah 8:9–10; Acts 18:9–10
- 21 2 Corinthians 1:10; Isaiah 49:24–25; Jeremiah 50:34; Isaiah 54:17; Genesis 48:16
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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).
… Jerusalem: "She that hath born [seven] languisheth; her soul hath become weary; her sun hath gone down while it was yet noon; she hath been confounded, and suffered reproach: the remainder of them will I give to the sword in the sight of their enemies."
For ye, who "take forth the precious from the vile," have been made the mouth of God, through which He saith, "Let the waters bring forth," not the living creature which the earth bringeth forth, but the moving creature having life, and the fowls that fly above the earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hear, for example, what God saith unto this last, "Pray not thou for this people, for I will not hear thee." And why marvellest thou if I hear not thee? "Though Moses himself and Samuel stood before me," I would not receive their supplication for these men." Yea, if it be Ezekiel who entreats, he will be told, "Though Noah …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And these things God Himself saith; "For he that bringeth out the precious from the vile, shall be as my mouth;" such are His words.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)