Jeremiah 23 Free Bible Version
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1 What trouble is coming to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! declares the Lord.
1 ¡AY de los pastores que desperdician y derraman las ovejas de mi majada! dice Jehová.
2 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who were meant to look after my people: You have scattered my flock. You have chased them away. You didn't take care of them, so now I will take care of you for all the evil you've done, declares the Lord.
2 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová Dios de Israel á los pastores que apacientan mi pueblo: Vosotros derramasteis mis ovejas, y las espantasteis, y no las habéis visitado: he aquí que yo visito sobre vosotros la maldad de vuestras obras, dice Jehová.
3 I myself will gather what's left of my flock from all the countries where I exiled them, and I will bring them back to their pasture, where they will increase in number.
3 Y yo recogeré el resto de mis ovejas de todas las tierras adonde las eché, y harélas volver á sus moradas; y crecerán, y se multiplicarán.
4 I will put shepherds in charge of them who will take care of them, and they won't be afraid or discouraged anymore, and none of them will be missing, declares the Lord.
4 Y pondré sobre ellas pastores que las apacienten; y no temerán más, ni se asombrarán, ni serán menoscabadas, dice Jehová.
5 Look, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will choose a descendant of David who does what is right. As king he will rule with wisdom and do what is just and right throughout the country.
5 He aquí que vienen los días, dice Jehová, y despertaré á David renuevo justo, y reinará Rey, el cual será dichoso, y hará juicio y justicia en la tierra.
6 When he is king, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. This is the name he will be called: The Lord Who Makes Us Right.
6 En sus días será salvo Judá, é Israel habitará confiado: y este será su nombre que le llamarán: JEHOVÁ, JUSTICIA NUESTRA.
7 Look, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when people won't say anymore, “On the Lord's life, who led the Israelites out of Egypt.”
7 Por tanto, he aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, y no dirán más: Vive Jehová que hizo subir los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto;
8 Instead they'll say, “On the Lord's life, who led the Israelites back from the northern country and all the other countries where he had exiled them.” Then they'll live in their own country.
8 Sino: Vive Jehová que hizo subir y trajo la simiente de la casa de Israel de tierra del aquilón, y de todas las tierras adonde los había yo echado; y habitarán en su tierra.
9 When it comes to the prophets: I'm really disturbed—I'm shaking inside! I stagger like a drunk, like someone who's had too much wine, because of what the Lord is like, because of his holy words.
9 A causa de los profetas mi corazón está quebrantado en medio de mí, todos mis huesos tiemblan; estuve como hombre borracho, y como hombre á quien dominó el vino, delante de Jehová y delante de las palabras de su santidad.
10 For the country is full of people committing adultery so it's under a curse. The land mourns and the desert pastures have dried up. The people live evil lives, using their energy to do wrong.
10 Porque la tierra está llena de adúlteros: porque á causa del juramento la tierra está desierta; las cabañas del desierto se secaron; la carrera de ellos fué mala, y su fortaleza no derecha.
11 Both prophets and priests show no respect for me. I see wickedness even in my Temple, declares the Lord.
11 Porque así el profeta como el sacerdote son fingidos: aun en mi casa hallé su maldad, dice Jehová.
12 That's why their path will become slippery; they will be chased away in the dark and fall down. I'm going to bring disaster on them at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.
12 Por tanto, como resbaladeros en oscuridad les será su camino: serán empujados, y caerán en él: porque yo traeré mal sobre ellos, año de su visitación, dice Jehová.
13 I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something really offensive: They prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people Israel to sin.
13 Y en los profetas de Samaria he visto desatinos: profetizaban en Baal, é hicieron errar á mi pueblo Israel.
14 But now I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something even more disgusting: They commit adultery and their lives are a lie. They support the wicked, so no one stops sinning. To me they're all like Sodom; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.
14 Y en los profetas de Jerusalem he visto torpezas: cometían adulterios, y andaban en mentiras, y esforzaban las manos de los malos, para que ninguno se convirtiese de su malicia: fuéronme todos ellos como Sodoma, y sus moradores como Gomorra.
15 So this is what the Lord Almighty says about the prophets: I will give them wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink, because evil has spread across the country from the prophets of Jerusalem.
15 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos contra aquellos profetas: He aquí que yo les hago comer ajenjos, y les haré beber aguas de hiel; porque de los profetas de Jerusalem salió la hipocresía sobre toda la tierra.
16 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Don't pay attention to what these prophets say when they prophesy to you. They're fooling you with visions they make up in their own minds. They're not from me.
16 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: No escuchéis las palabras de los profetas que os profetizan: os hacen desvanecer; hablan visión de su corazón, no de la boca de Jehová.
17 They keep on telling people who don't respect me, “The Lord says that you'll live in peace,” and to everyone following their own stubborn attitude, “Nothing bad is going to happen to you.”
17 Dicen atrevidamente á los que me irritan: Jehová dijo: Paz tendréis; y á cualquiera que anda tras la imaginación de su corazón, dijeron: No vendrá mal sobre vosotros.
18 But who of them has attended the Lord's council to hear and understand what he's saying? Who has paid attention to his instructions and followed them?
18 Porque ¿quién estuvo en el secreto de Jehová, y vió, y oyó su palabra? ¿quién estuvo atento á su palabra, y oyó?
19 Watch out! The Lord has sent out a furious storm, a tornado swirling around the heads of the wicked.
19 He aquí que la tempestad de Jehová saldrá con furor; y la tempestad que está aparejada, caerá sobre la cabeza de los malos.
20 The Lord's anger won't fade until he's finished doing everything he wants. Only then will you really understand.
20 No se apartará el furor de Jehová, hasta tanto que haya hecho, y hasta tanto que haya cumplido los pensamientos de su corazón: en lo postrero de los días lo entenderéis cumplidamente.
21 I didn't send these prophets, but they run to deliver their messages. I didn't tell them to say anything, but they still go on prophesying.
21 No envié yo aquellos profetas, y ellos corrían: yo no les hablé, y ellos profetizaban.
22 Now if they had attended my council, they would have delivered my instructions to my people and brought them back from their evil way of life, from their evil actions.
22 Y si ellos hubieran estado en mi secreto, también hubieran hecho oir mis palabras á mi pueblo; y les hubieran hecho volver de su mal camino, y de la maldad de sus obras.
23 Am I only a local God and not a God who operates widely? asks the Lord.
23 ¿Soy yo Dios de poco acá, dice Jehová, y no Dios de mucho ha?
24 Can people hide in secret places where I can't see them? asks the Lord. Don't I operate everywhere in heaven and on earth? asks the Lord.
24 ¿Ocultaráse alguno, dice Jehová, en escondrijos que yo no lo vea? ¿No hincho yo, dice Jehová, el cielo y la tierra?
25 I've listened to the prophets who prophesy lies in my name. They say, “I've had a dream! I've had a dream!”
25 Yo he oído lo que aquellos profetas dijeron, profetizando mentira en mi nombre, diciendo: Soñé, soñé.
26 How long will this continue? How long will these prophets go on prophesying these lies which are just the product of their own deluded minds?
26 ¿Hasta cuándo será esto en el corazón de los profetas que profetizan mentira, y que profetizan el engaño de su corazón?
27 They think the dreams that they repeat to one another will lead my people to forget me, just like their forefathers forgot me by worshiping Baal.
27 ¿No piensan como hacen á mi pueblo olvidarse de mi nombre con sus sueños que cada uno cuenta á su compañero, al modo que sus padres se olvidaron de mi nombre por Baal?
28 A prophet who has a dream should say it's just a dream, but anyone I've spoken to should deliver my message faithfully. What is straw in comparison to grain? asks the Lord.
28 El profeta con quien fuere sueño, cuente sueño; y el con quien fuere mi palabra, cuente mi palabra verdadera. ¿Qué [tiene que ver] la paja con el trigo? dice Jehová.
29 Doesn't my word burn like fire? asks the Lord. Isn't it like a hammer smashing a rock?
29 ¿No es mi palabra como el fuego, dice Jehová, y como martillo que quebranta la piedra?
30 Pay attention to this, declares the Lord. I'm opposed to those prophets who steal words from one another and then say it's a message from me.
30 Por tanto, he aquí yo contra los profetas, dice Jehová, que hurtan mis palabras cada uno de su más cercano.
31 Pay attention to this, declares the Lord. I'm opposed to those prophets who make up their own stories and then announce, “This is what the Lord says.”
31 He aquí yo contra los profetas, dice Jehová, que endulzan sus lenguas, y dicen: El ha dicho.
32 Pay attention to this, declares the Lord, I'm opposed to those who prophesy fictional dreams. They tell them in order to lead my people into sin with their wild lies. I didn't send them or give them any instructions, and they don't do anybody any good, declares the Lord.
32 He aquí yo contra los que profetizan sueños mentirosos, dice Jehová, y contáronlos, é hicieron errar á mi pueblo con sus mentiras y con sus lisonjas; y yo no los envié, ni les mandé; y ningún provecho hicieron á este pueblo, dice Jehová.
33 So when a prophet or priest or anyone else comes and asks you, “What is ‘the burden of the Lord?’” tell them, I'm not giving you a burden. I'm giving up on you, declares the Lord.
33 Y cuando te preguntare este pueblo, ó el profeta, ó el sacerdote, diciendo: ¿Qué es la carga de Jehová? les dirás: ¿Qué carga? Os dejaré, ha dicho Jehová.
34 If a prophet or priest or anyone else claims, “This is the burden of the Lord,” I will punish that person and their family.
34 Y el profeta, y el sacerdote, ó el pueblo, que dijere: Carga de Jehová; yo enviaré castigo sobre tal hombre y sobre su casa.
35 This is what everybody should say to their friends and relatives: “What answer has the Lord given?” or, “What has the Lord said?”
35 Así diréis cada cual á su compañero, y cada cual á su hermano: ¿Qué ha respondido Jehová, y qué habló Jehová?
36 Don't talk about “the burden of the Lord” anymore, because everybody has different ideas about this “burden,” perverting the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God.
36 Y nunca más os vendrá á la memoria [decir]: Carga de Jehová: porque la palabra de cada uno le será por carga; pues pervertisteis las palabras del Dios viviente, de Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios nuestro.
37 This is what you are to ask any prophet: “What message has the Lord given you?” and “What has the Lord told you?”
37 Así dirás al profeta: ¿Qué te respondió Jehová, y qué habló Jehová?
38 If they say, “This is the burden of the Lord,” then this is the Lord's response: Because you said, “This is the burden of the Lord,” and I warned you not to,
38 Mas si dijereis: Carga de Jehová: por eso Jehová dice así: Porque dijisteis esta palabra, Carga de Jehová, habiendo enviado á deciros: No digáis, Carga de Jehová:
39 now I'm going to pick you up like a burden and throw you away, you and the city that I gave to you and your forefathers.
39 Por tanto, he aquí que yo os echaré en olvido, y os arrancaré de mi presencia, y á la ciudad que os dí á vosotros y á vuestros padres;
40 I will disgrace you forever, your shame will never be forgotten.
40 Y pondré sobre vosotros afrenta perpetua, y eterna confusión que nunca borrará el olvido.
Cross references (39)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 10:21; Zechariah 11:15–17; Ezekiel 34:2–10; Ezekiel 13:3; Matthew 9:36
- 2 Jeremiah 21:12; Micah 7:4; Exodus 32:34; Jeremiah 23:34; Jeremiah 5:29
- 3 Amos 9:14–15; Jeremiah 32:37; Isaiah 43:5–6; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 30:3
- 4 Jeremiah 3:14–15; 1 Peter 1:5; Acts 20:28–29; John 10:27–30; Jeremiah 46:27–28
- 5 Luke 1:32–33; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 9:7; Zechariah 6:12–13
- 6 1 Corinthians 1:30; Philippians 3:9; Jeremiah 33:16; Matthew 1:21–23; Isaiah 7:14
- 7 Jeremiah 16:14–15; Jeremiah 23:3; Isaiah 43:18–19; Jeremiah 31:31–34
- 8 Amos 9:14–15; Isaiah 43:5–6; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 39:28; Zephaniah 3:20
- 9 Habakkuk 3:16; Lamentations 3:15; Isaiah 51:21; Daniel 8:27; Psalm 60:3
- 10 Psalm 107:34; Hosea 4:2–3; Jeremiah 5:7–8; Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:10
- 11 Jeremiah 6:13; Zephaniah 3:4; Matthew 21:12–13; Jeremiah 32:34; Ezekiel 23:39
- 12 Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 35:6; Jeremiah 11:23; Proverbs 4:19; John 12:35
- 13 Jeremiah 2:8; Isaiah 9:16; Hosea 9:7–8; 1 Kings 18:18–21; 2 Chronicles 33:9
- 14 Jeremiah 29:23; Isaiah 1:9–10; Ezekiel 22:25; Genesis 18:20; Jeremiah 14:14
- 15 Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:15; Psalm 69:21; Lamentations 3:5
- 16 Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:6; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Galatians 1:8–9; Jeremiah 27:9–10
- 17 Micah 3:11; Jeremiah 13:10; Amos 9:10; Deuteronomy 29:19; Jeremiah 5:12
- 18 Jeremiah 23:22; Psalm 25:14; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Amos 3:7; John 15:15
- 19 Jeremiah 30:23; Jeremiah 25:32; Amos 1:14; Isaiah 21:1; Proverbs 10:25
- 20 Jeremiah 30:24; Isaiah 55:11; Genesis 49:1; Proverbs 21:30; Zechariah 1:6
- 21 Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 28:15
- 22 Zechariah 1:4; Jeremiah 23:18; Jeremiah 25:5; Ezekiel 13:22; Jeremiah 35:15
- 23 Psalm 139:1–10; Jonah 1:3–4; Ezekiel 20:32–35; Psalm 113:5; 1 Kings 20:23
- 24 Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 139:7; Psalm 90:8; Isaiah 29:15; Amos 9:2–3
- 25 Jeremiah 23:32; Joel 2:28; Jeremiah 29:8; Jeremiah 23:28; Numbers 12:6
- 26 1 Timothy 4:1–2; Jeremiah 14:14; 2 Peter 2:13–16; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
- 27 Judges 8:33–34; Judges 3:7; Acts 13:8; Judges 10:6; 2 Kings 21:3
- 28 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Luke 12:42; Proverbs 14:5; Matthew 24:45
- 29 Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 5:14; Luke 24:32; Jeremiah 20:9; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
- 30 Deuteronomy 18:20; Ezekiel 13:8; Jeremiah 14:14–15; Psalm 34:16; Ezekiel 13:20
- 31 Jeremiah 23:17; 2 Chronicles 18:10–12; Isaiah 30:10; 2 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Chronicles 18:19–21
- 32 Zephaniah 3:4; Ezekiel 13:7–18; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 7:8
- 33 Malachi 1:1; Jeremiah 12:7; Nahum 1:1; Hosea 9:12; Deuteronomy 32:19–20
- 34 Zechariah 13:3; Lamentations 2:14
- 35 Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 33:3; Jeremiah 42:4; Hebrews 8:11
- 36 Isaiah 3:8; 2 Peter 3:16; Jeremiah 10:10; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 120:3
- 38 2 Chronicles 11:13–14
- 39 Jeremiah 23:33; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 34:20; Isaiah 51:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
- 40 Jeremiah 20:11; Ezekiel 5:14–15; Jeremiah 42:18; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 24:9
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