Jeremiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Jeremiah 2 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
1 Y FUÉ á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy soul, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown.
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 is holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his increase: all they that devour him 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 ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families 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 iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are 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 have not said: Where is the Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt?
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 into the land of Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: and when ye entered in, you defiled my land, and made my inheritance 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 did not say: Where is the Lord? and they that held the law knew me not, and the pastors transgressed against me: and the prophets prophesied in Baal, and followed idols.
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 will I yet contend in judgement with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children.
9 Por tanto entraré aún en juicio con vosotros, dijo Jehová, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos pleitearé.
10 Pass over to the isles of Cethim, and see: and send into Cedar, and consider diligently: and see if there hath been done any thing like this.
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 a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.
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 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.
12 Espantaos, cielos, sobre esto, y horrorizaos; desolaos en gran manera, dijo Jehová.
13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no 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 bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey?
14 ¿Es Israel siervo? ¿es esclavo? ¿por qué ha sido [dado] en presa?
15 The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down and there is none to dwell in them.
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 The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.
16 Aun los hijos de Noph y de Taphnes te quebrantaron la mollera.
17 Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?
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 in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?
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 Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
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 Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself.
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 chosen vineyard, all true seed: how then art thou turned unto me into that which is good for nothing, O strange vineyard?
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 wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.
22 Aunque te laves con lejía, y amontones jabón sobre ti, tu pecado está sellado delante de mí, dijo el Señor Jehová.
23 How canst thou say: I am not polluted, and I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course.
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 A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly filth 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 Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk 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 the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, 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 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver 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 Where are the gods, whom thou hast made thee? let them arise and deliver thee in the time of thy affliction: for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda.
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 Why will you contend with me in judgement? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.
29 ¿Por qué porfías conmigo? Todos vosotros prevaricasteis contra mí, dice Jehová.
30 In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.
30 Por demás he azotado vuestros hijos; no han recibido corrección. Cuchillo devoró vuestros profetas como león destrozador.
31 See ye the word of the Lord: Am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then have my people said: We are revolted, we will come to thee no 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 virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath 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 Why dost thou endeavour to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who has also taught thy malices to be thy ways,
33 ¿Por qué abonas tu camino para hallar amor, pues aun á las malvadas enseñaste tus caminos?
34 And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.
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 And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: 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 How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
36 ¿Para qué discurres tanto, mudando tus caminos? También serás avergonzada de Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada de Asiria.
37 For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein.
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 (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 23:28; Hebrews 1:1; Jeremiah 7:1; Jeremiah 1:11; Ezekiel 7:1
- 2 Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 16:8; Jeremiah 11:6; Deuteronomy 2:7; Isaiah 63:7–14
- 3 Revelation 14:4; James 1:18; Isaiah 41:11; Deuteronomy 7:6; Romans 11:16
- 4 Jeremiah 31:1; Micah 6:1; Jeremiah 44:24–26; Isaiah 51:1–4; Jeremiah 34:4
- 5 2 Kings 17:15; Romans 1:21; Jonah 2:8; Jeremiah 10:14–15; Psalm 115:8
- 6 Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 8:14–16; Hosea 13:4; Isaiah 63:11–13; Jeremiah 2:8
- 7 Deuteronomy 8:7–9; Jeremiah 16:18; Numbers 13:27; Ezekiel 36:17; Jeremiah 3:9
- 8 Habakkuk 2:18; Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 5:31; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Romans 2:17–24
- 9 Ezekiel 20:35–36; Exodus 20:5; Jeremiah 2:35; Micah 6:2; Leviticus 20:5
- 10 Psalm 120:5; Numbers 24:24; Genesis 10:4–5; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Chronicles 23:1
- 11 Romans 1:23; Isaiah 37:19; Psalm 106:20; Jeremiah 16:20; Micah 4:5
- 12 Isaiah 1:2; Deuteronomy 32:1; Micah 6:2; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 22:29
- 13 John 4:14; John 7:37; Revelation 21:6; Jeremiah 17:13; Psalm 36:9
- 14 Exodus 4:22; Genesis 15:3; Isaiah 50:1; Ecclesiastes 2:7
- 15 Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 9:11; Isaiah 5:29; Isaiah 1:7
- 16 Jeremiah 46:14; Jeremiah 43:7–9; Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:1; Deuteronomy 33:20
- 17 Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 2:13; Deuteronomy 28:15–68; Leviticus 26:15–46
- 18 Joshua 13:3; Jeremiah 2:36; Isaiah 31:1; Hosea 7:11; 2 Chronicles 28:20–21
- 19 Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 2:17; Psalm 36:1; Hosea 5:5
- 20 Deuteronomy 12:2; Leviticus 26:13; Jeremiah 17:2; Hosea 3:3; Jeremiah 30:8
- 21 Isaiah 5:4; Exodus 15:17; John 15:1; Psalm 80:8; Psalm 44:2
- 22 Jeremiah 17:1; Job 14:17; Hosea 13:12; Psalm 130:3; Job 9:30–31
- 23 Jeremiah 7:31; Proverbs 30:12; Jeremiah 3:2; Proverbs 30:20; Romans 3:19
- 24 Jeremiah 14:6; Hosea 5:15; Job 39:5–8; Jeremiah 2:27; Job 11:12
- 25 Deuteronomy 32:16; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 3:13; Romans 8:24; Lamentations 4:4
- 26 Ezra 9:7; Nehemiah 9:32–34; Jeremiah 32:32; Proverbs 6:30–31; Daniel 9:6–8
- 27 Isaiah 26:16; Hosea 7:14; Isaiah 46:6–8; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Ezekiel 8:16
- 28 Deuteronomy 32:37; Jeremiah 11:13; Isaiah 45:20; Judges 10:14; 2 Kings 17:30–31
- 29 Daniel 9:11; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 2:35; Jeremiah 3:2
- 30 Nehemiah 9:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Acts 7:52; Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 26:20–24
- 31 2 Samuel 12:7–9; Deuteronomy 32:15; Isaiah 45:19; Micah 6:9; Hosea 13:6
- 32 Psalm 106:21; Jeremiah 13:25; Jeremiah 2:11; Jeremiah 3:21; Isaiah 17:10
- 33 Isaiah 57:7–10; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 2:5–7; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 3:1–2
- 34 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Jeremiah 19:4; Exodus 22:2; Isaiah 57:5
- 35 Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:8–10; Romans 7:9; Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 2:9
- 36 Jeremiah 31:22; Hosea 5:13; 2 Chronicles 28:16; Hosea 12:1; 2 Chronicles 28:20–21
- 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
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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 …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… 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 …
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