Jeremiah 25 Free Bible Version
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1 This is the message that came to Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It concerned all the people of Judah.
1 PALABRA que fué á Jeremías acerca de todo el pueblo de Judá en el año cuarto de Joacim hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, el cual es el año primero de Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia;
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
2 So the prophet Jeremiah went and spoke to all the people of Judah and all the people living in Jerusalem, telling them:
2 La cual habló Jeremías profeta á todo el pueblo de Judá, y á todos los moradores de Jerusalem, diciendo:
2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
3 From the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah until now, twenty-three years in total, messages from the Lord have come to me, and I have told you what he said time and again, but you have not listened.
3 Desde el año trece de Josías hijo de Amón, rey de Judá, hasta este día, que son veintitrés años, fué á mí palabra de Jehová, y os he hablado, madrugando y dando aviso; mas no oisteis.
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, Yahweh’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
4 Even though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you time and again, you don't bother to listen or pay any attention.
4 Y envió Jehová á vosotros todos sus siervos los profetas, madrugando y enviándolos; mas no oisteis, ni inclinasteis vuestro oído para escuchar,
4 Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear),
5 The consistent message has been: Give up your evil ways and the evil things you're doing so you can live in the country that the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever.
5 Cuando decían: Volveos ahora de vuestro mal camino y de la maldad de vuestras obras, y morad en la tierra que os dió Jehová, á vosotros y á vuestros padres para siempre;
5 saying, “Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forever more.
6 Don't follow other gods and worship them, and don't anger me by making idols. Then I won't do anything to hurt you.
6 Y no vayáis en pos de dioses ajenos, sirviéndoles y encorvándoos á ellos, ni me provoquéis á ira con la obra de vuestras manos; y no os haré mal.
6 Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”
7 But you've hurt yourselves by not listening to me, declares the Lord, because you angered me by making idols.
7 Empero no me habéis oído, dice Jehová, para provocarme á ira con la obra de vuestras manos para mal vuestro.
7 “Yet you have not listened to me,” says Yahweh, “that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.”
8 So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Because you have not obeyed what I told you,
8 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Por cuanto no habéis oído mis palabras,
8 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says: “Because you have not heard my words,
9 watch as I summon all the people of the north, declares the Lord. I'm going to send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to attack this country and the people who live here, and all the surrounding nations. I will set them apart for destruction. I'm going to totally destroy you, and people will be horrified at what's happened to you and will mock you.
9 He aquí enviaré yo, y tomaré todos los linajes del aquilón, dice Jehová, y á Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, mi siervo, y traerélos contra esta tierra, y contra sus moradores, y contra todas estas naciones en derredor; y los destruiré, y pondrélos por escarnio, y por silbo, y en soledades perpetuas.
9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 I will also put a stop to the cheerful sounds of celebration and the happy voices of the bride and bridegroom. No noise will come from millstones being used; no lamps will be lit.
10 Y haré que perezca de entre ellos voz de gozo y voz de alegría, voz de desposado y voz de desposada, ruido de muelas, y luz de lámpara.
10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
11 This whole country will become an empty wasteland, and Judah and these other nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
11 Y toda esta tierra será puesta en soledad, en espanto; y servirán estas gentes al rey de Babilonia setenta años.
11 This whole land will be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 However, when these seventy years are over, I'm going to punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the country of Babylonia, for their sin, declares the Lord. I will completely destroy them.
12 Y será que, cuando fueren cumplidos los setenta años, visitaré sobre el rey de Babilonia y sobre aquella gente su maldad, ha dicho Jehová, y sobre la tierra de los Caldeos; y pondréla en desiertos para siempre.
12 “It will happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,” says Yahweh, “for their iniquity. I will make the land of the Chaldeans desolate forever.
13◆ I will bring down on that country everything I threatened to do, everything that's written in this book which Jeremiah prophesied against all the different nations.
13 Y traeré sobre aquella tierra todas mis palabras que he hablado contra ella, con todo lo que está escrito en este libro, profetizado por Jeremías contra todas gentes.
13 I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
14 Many nations and powerful kings will make slaves of them, the Babylonians, and I will pay them back for the evil they've done.
14 Porque se servirán también de ellos muchas gentes, y reyes grandes; y yo les pagaré conforme á sus hechos, y conforme á la obra de sus manos.
14 For many nations and great kings will make bondservants of them, even of them. I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.”
15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, told me: Take this cup I'm handing to you. It contains the wine of my anger. You are to make all the nations I send you to drink from it.
15 Porque así me dijo Jehová Dios de Israel: Toma de mi mano el vaso del vino de este furor, y da á beber de él á todas las gentes á las cuales yo te envío.
15 For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.
16 They will drink and stumble around and go mad because of the war brought by the armies I'm sending to attack them.
16 Y beberán, y temblarán, y enloquecerán delante del cuchillo que yo envío entre ellos.
16 They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
17 I took the cup the Lord handed to me and made all the nations drink from it that he sent me to:
17 Y tomé el vaso de la mano de Jehová, y dí de beber á todas las gentes á las cuales me envió Jehová:
17 Then I took the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
18 to Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, destroying them so that people were horrified at what happened to them and mocked them and cursed them (and they are still like this today);
18 A Jerusalem, á las ciudades de Judá, y á sus reyes, y á sus príncipes, para ponerlos en soledad, en escarnio, y en silbo, y en maldición, como este día;
18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is today;
19 to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his officials, leaders, all his people
19 A Faraón rey de Egipto, y á sus siervos, á sus príncipes, y á todo su pueblo;
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, with his servants, his princes, and all his people;
20 and all the foreigners living there; to all the kings of the country of Uz; to all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what's left of Ashdod;
20 Y á toda la mezcla de gente, y á todos los reyes de tierra de Hus, y á todos los reyes de tierra de Palestina, y á Ascalón, y Gaza, y Ecrón, y al residuo de Asdod;
20 and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
21 to Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
21 A Edom, y Moab, y á los hijos de Ammón;
21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;
22 to all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; to the kings of the Mediterranean sea coast;
22 Y á todos los reyes de Tiro, y á todos los reyes de Sidón, y á los reyes de las islas que están de ese lado de la mar;
22 and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
23 to Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who trim their hair on the sides of their heads;
23 Y á Dedán, y Tema, y Buz, y á todos los que están al cabo del mundo;
23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;
24 to all the kings of Arabia; and to all the kings of the different tribes living in the desert;
24 Y á todos los reyes de Arabia, y á todos los reyes de pueblos mezclados que habitan en el desierto;
24 and all the kings of Arabia, all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;
25 to all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
25 Y á todos los reyes de Zimri, y á todos los reyes de Elam, y á todos los reyes de Media;
25 and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
26 to all the kings of the north; in fact to all the kingdoms on earth whether close or far away, one after another. After all of them, the king of Babylon will drink it too.
26 Y á todos los reyes del aquilón, los de cerca y los de lejos, los unos con los otros; y á todos los reinos de la tierra que están sobre la haz de la tierra: y el rey de Sesach beberá después de ellos.
26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth. The king of Sheshach will drink after them.
27 Tell them this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, make yourselves drunk, and vomit. Because of the war you'll be killed, falling down never to get up again.
27 Les dirás, pues: Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Bebed, y embriagaos, y vomitad, y caed, y no os levantéis delante del cuchillo que yo envío entre vosotros.
27 “You shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.”’
28 If they should refuse to take the cup and drink from it, tell them that this is what the Lord Almighty says: You can't avoid drinking it—you have to!
28 Y será que, si no quieren tomar el vaso de tu mano para beber, les dirás tú: Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Habéis de beber.
28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “You shall surely drink.
29 Can't you see that I'm about to bring disaster down on my own city, so do you really think you wouldn't be punished as well? You won't go unpunished, for I am bringing war to everyone on earth, declares the Lord Almighty.
29 Porque he aquí, que á la ciudad sobre la cual es invocado mi nombre yo comienzo á hacer mal; ¿y vosotros seréis absueltos? No seréis absueltos: porque espada traigo sobre todos los moradores de la tierra, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
29 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You will not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.”’
30 Give this whole message as a prophecy against them. Tell them: The Lord will thunder from high above. He will thunder loudly from the holy place where he lives. He will give a great roar against the sheepfolds. He will give a loud shout like people treading the grapes, frightening everyone who lives on earth.
30 Tú pues, profetizarás á ellos todas estas palabras, y les dirás: Jehová bramará desde lo alto, y desde la morada de su santidad dará su voz: enfurecido bramará sobre su morada; canción de lagareros cantará contra todos los moradores de la tierra.
30 “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and tell them, “‘Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation. He will mightily roar against his fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 The sound will reach everywhere on the earth because the Lord is accusing the nations. He is judging everyone, executing the wicked, declares the Lord.
31 Llegó el estruendo hasta el cabo de la tierra; porque juicio de Jehová con las gentes: él es el Juez de toda carne; entregará los impíos á cuchillo, dice Jehová.
31 A noise will come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations. He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword,”’ says Yahweh.”
32 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Watch out! Disaster is falling on one nation after another; an immense storm is building up in the far distance.
32 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: He aquí que el mal sale de gente en gente, y grande tempestad se levantará de los fines de la tierra.
32 Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, evil will go out from nation to nation, and a great storm will be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.”
33 Those killed by the Lord at that time will cover the earth from one end to the other. No one will mourn them, or collect them, or bury them. They will be like piles of manure lying on the ground.
33 Y serán muertos de Jehová en aquel día desde el un cabo de la tierra hasta el otro cabo; no se endecharán, ni se recogerán, ni serán enterrados; como estiércol serán sobre la haz de la tierra.
33 The slain of Yahweh will be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They won’t be lamented. They won’t be gathered or buried. They will be dung on the surface of the ground.
34 Cry out and weep, you shepherds! Roll around on the ground mourning, you leaders of the flock. The time for you to be killed has come; you will fall, smashed like the finest pottery.
34 Aullad, pastores, y clamad; y revolcaos [en el polvo], mayorales del rebaño; porque cumplidos son vuestros días para ser vosotros degollados y esparcidos, y caeréis como vaso de codicia.
34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry. Wallow in dust, you leader of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you will fall like fine pottery.
35 The shepherds won't be able to run away; the leaders of the flock won't escape.
35 Y acabaráse la huída de los pastores, y el escape de los mayorales del rebaño.
35 The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape.
36 Listen to the cries of the shepherds, the weeping of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasturelands.
36 ¡Voz de la grita de los pastores, y aullido de los mayorales del rebaño! porque Jehová asoló sus majadas.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leader of the flock, for Yahweh destroys their pasture.
37 The peaceful sheepfolds have been ruined because of the Lord's fierce anger.
37 Y las majadas quietas serán taladas por el furor de la ira de Jehová.
37 The peaceful folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.
38 The Lord has left his den like a lion, because their country has been devastated by the invading armies, and because of the Lord's fierce anger.
38 Dejó cual leoncillo su guarida; pues asolada fué la tierra de ellos por la ira del opresor, y por el furor de su saña.
38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger.
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 36:1; 2 Kings 24:1–2; Jeremiah 46:2; Daniel 1:1
- 2 Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 26:2; Psalm 49:1–2; Jeremiah 38:1–2; Jeremiah 35:13
- 3 Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 29:19
- 4 Jeremiah 25:3; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 32:33; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Jeremiah 22:21
- 5 Jeremiah 7:7; Genesis 17:8; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 17:25; Jonah 3:8–10
- 6 Deuteronomy 8:19; 1 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 17:35; Deuteronomy 6:14; Jeremiah 35:15
- 7 2 Kings 21:15; Proverbs 8:36; Deuteronomy 32:21; 2 Kings 17:17; Jeremiah 7:18–19
- 9 Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 18:16; Isaiah 13:3; Habakkuk 1:6–10; Ezekiel 29:18–20
- 10 Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Ezekiel 26:13; Revelation 18:22–23; Jeremiah 33:10–11
- 11 Daniel 9:2; Zechariah 1:12; Jeremiah 25:12; 2 Chronicles 36:21–22; Zechariah 7:5
- 12 Isaiah 13:19; Daniel 9:2; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 51:62–64; Jeremiah 50:1–46
- 13 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 1:5; Daniel 5:28; Revelation 10:11; Daniel 5:31
- 14 Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 50:41; Isaiah 66:6
- 15 Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17; Job 21:20; Revelation 14:10; Jeremiah 51:7
- 16 Jeremiah 51:7; Nahum 3:11; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 25:27; Revelation 14:10
- 17 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 25:28; Jeremiah 46:1–28; Ezekiel 43:3; Jeremiah 27:3
- 18 Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 44:22; Psalm 60:3; Isaiah 51:17–22; 2 Kings 22:19
- 19 Jeremiah 46:2; Nahum 3:8–10; Jeremiah 46:13–26; Ezekiel 29:1–21; Jeremiah 43:9–11
- 20 Job 1:1; Ezekiel 30:5; Lamentations 4:21; Jeremiah 50:37; Isaiah 20:1
- 21 Jeremiah 48:1–49:22; Jeremiah 9:26; Psalm 137:7; Amos 1:11–2:3; Ezekiel 32:29
- 22 Jeremiah 47:4; Zechariah 9:1–4; Joel 3:4–8; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 27:3
- 23 Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 49:32; Job 6:19; Genesis 22:21
- 24 2 Chronicles 9:14; Jeremiah 25:20; Ezekiel 30:5; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 49:28–33
- 25 Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 13:17; Jeremiah 49:34–39; Jeremiah 51:11
- 26 Jeremiah 51:41; Jeremiah 25:9; Isaiah 13:1–14; Daniel 5:1–31; Jeremiah 50:1–46
- 27 Jeremiah 25:16; Habakkuk 2:16; Isaiah 51:21; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 21:4–5
- 28 Job 34:33; Isaiah 14:24–27; Jeremiah 49:12; Daniel 4:35; Acts 4:28
- 29 1 Peter 4:17; Ezekiel 38:21; Proverbs 11:31; 1 Kings 8:43; Obadiah 16
- 30 Amos 1:2; Isaiah 42:13; Joel 3:16; Isaiah 16:9; Psalm 78:65
- 31 Hosea 4:1; Joel 3:2; Isaiah 66:16; Micah 6:2; Ezekiel 20:35–36
- 32 Isaiah 34:2; Jeremiah 23:19; 2 Chronicles 15:6; Jeremiah 30:23; Isaiah 30:30
- 33 Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 79:3; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 16:4–7
- 34 Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 27:7; Lamentations 4:21; Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 34:16–17
- 35 Job 11:20; Amos 2:14; Jeremiah 38:18; Jeremiah 52:24–27; Jeremiah 38:23
- 36 Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 25:34
- 37 Isaiah 27:10–11; Isaiah 32:14
- 38 Jeremiah 4:7; Hosea 13:7–8; Jeremiah 5:6; Hosea 5:14; Zechariah 2:3
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Jeremiah: a shorter book in a different order
The Greek Septuagint of Jeremiah is markedly shorter than the Hebrew text and arranges the book differently: the oracles against the nations come in the middle, after 25:13, not at the end. Hebrew fragments from Qumran show that a shorter Hebrew form of Jeremiah really existed. Many scholars think Jeremiah circulated in two editions.
What the Fathers said
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