Jeremiah 3 Free Bible Version
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1 If a man divorces his wife and she goes and marries someone else, could he ever go back to her? Wouldn't the country be made totally unclean by this? But you have done worse by prostituting yourselves with many lovers, and now you want to come back to me? declares the Lord.
1 DICEN: Si alguno dejare su mujer, y yéndose ésta de él se juntare á otro hombre, ¿volverá á ella más? ¿no será tal tierra del todo amancillada? Tú pues has fornicado con muchos amigos; mas vuélvete á mí, dijo Jehová.
2 Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there anywhere that you haven't had sex? You sat at the roadside like someone from the desert waiting for your lovers to pass by. You have made the land unclean with your prostitution and evil.
2 Alza tus ojos á los altos, y ve en qué lugar no te hayas publicado: para ellos te sentabas en los caminos, como Arabe en el desierto; y con tus fornicaciones y con tu malicia has contaminado la tierra.
3 That's why no showers have been sent, and no spring rains have fallen. But you just stare back shamelessly like a prostitute; you refuse to accept you've done anything wrong.
3 Por esta causa las aguas han sido detenidas, y faltó la lluvia de la tarde; y has tenido frente de mala mujer, ni quisiste tener vergüenza.
4 Didn't you just tell me, “My father, you've been such a close friend to me since I was little.
4 A lo menos desde ahora, ¿no clamarás á mí, Padre mío, guiador de mi juventud?
5 You won't be angry with me for a long time, will you? You won't go on being like that forever?” This is what you've said, but you keep on sinning as much as you can.
5 ¿Guardará [su enojo] para siempre? ¿eternalmente lo guardará? He aquí que has hablado y hecho cuantas maldades pudiste.
6 During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord told me, Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has prostituted herself on every high hill and under every green tree.
6 Y díjome Jehová en días del rey Josías: ¿Has visto lo que ha hecho la rebelde Israel? Vase ella sobre todo monte alto y debajo de todo árbol umbroso, y allí fornica.
7 I hoped that after she'd done all this she'd come back to me. But she didn't come back, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw what happened.
7 Y dije después que hizo todo esto: Vuélvete á mí; mas no se volvió. Y vió la rebelde su hermana Judá,
8 She saw that because of everything unfaithful Israel had done on committing adultery, I sent her away, giving her a certificate of divorce. But her unfaithful sister Judah wasn't afraid and prostituted herself too.
8 Que yo lo había visto; que por todas estas causas en las cuales fornicó la rebelde Israel, yo la había despedido, y dádole la carta de su repudio; y no tuvo temor la rebelde Judá su hermana, sino que también fué ella y fornicó.
9 Israel didn't care about the immorality, as she made herself and the land unclean, committing adultery by worshiping stones and trees.
9 Y sucedió que por la liviandad de su fornicación la tierra fué contaminada, y adulteró con la piedra y con el leño.
10 Despite all this, her unfaithful sister Judah didn't come back to me in sincerity. She only pretended to do so, declares the Lord.
10 Y con todo esto, la rebelde su hermana Judá no se tornó á mí de todo su corazón, sino mentirosamente, dice Jehová.
11 The Lord told me, Unfaithful Israel showed that she wasn't as guilty as unfaithful Judah.
11 Y díjome Jehová: Justificado ha su alma la rebelde Israel en comparación de la desleal Judá.
12 Now go and announce this message to the north: Come back, unfaithful Israel, declares the Lord. I won't be angry with you anymore, because I am merciful, declares the Lord. I won't be angry forever.
12 Ve, y clama estas palabras hacia el aquilón, y di: Vuélvete, oh rebelde Israel, dice Jehová; no haré caer mi ira sobre vosotros: porque misericordioso soy yo, dice Jehová, no guardaré para siempre [el enojo].
13 Just admit you did wrong, that you rebelled against the Lord your God. You spread yourself around, committing adultery by worshiping foreign gods under every green tree, refusing to do what I told you, declares the Lord.
13 Conoce empero tu maldad, porque contra Jehová tu Dios has prevaricado, y tus caminos has derramado á los extraños debajo de todo árbol umbroso, y no oiste mi voz, dice Jehová.
14 Come back, unfaithful children, declares the Lord, because I am married to you. I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and bring you to Zion.
14 Convertíos, hijos rebeldes, dice Jehová, porque yo soy vuestro esposo: y os tomaré uno de una ciudad, y dos de una familia, y os introduciré en Sión;
15 I will give you shepherds who are like me who will feed you wisely and with understanding.
15 Y os daré pastores según mi corazón, que os apacienten de ciencia y de inteligencia.
16 At that time as you increase in number in the country, declares the Lord, no one will be talking about the Ark of the Lord's Agreement anymore. People won't need to think about it or remember it or wonder what happened to it; and certainly won't need to make a new one.
16 Y acontecerá, que cuando os multiplicareis y creciereis en la tierra, en aquellos días, dice Jehová, no se dirá más: Arca del pacto de Jehová; ni vendrá al pensamiento, ni se acordarán de ella, ni la visitarán, ni se hará más.
17 When that time comes Jerusalem will be called the Throne of the Lord, and all the nations will come together in Jerusalem to honor the Lord. They won't be stubborn or wicked anymore.
17 En aquel tiempo llamarán á Jerusalem Trono de Jehová, y todas las gentes se congregarán á ella en el nombre de Jehová en Jerusalem: ni andarán más tras la dureza de su corazón malvado.
18 At that time the people of Judah will join with the people of Israel, and they will return from the land of the north to the country I gave to your forefathers to own.
18 En aquellos tiempos irán de la casa de Judá á la casa de Israel, y vendrán juntamente de tierra del aquilón á la tierra que hice heredar á vuestros padres.
19 I said to myself, I really want you to be my children, and to give you the best country, the most beautiful place of any nation. I hoped you would call me “Father,” and never give up following me.
19 Yo empero dije: ¿Cómo te pondré por hijos, y te daré la tierra deseable, la rica heredad de los ejércitos de las gentes? Y dije: Padre mío me llamarás, y no te apartarás de en pos de mí.
20 But just like a wife might betray her husband, you have betrayed me, people of Israel, declares the Lord.
20 Mas como la esposa quiebra la fe de su compañero, así prevaricasteis contra mí, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová.
21 Voices are crying on bare hilltops—the Israelites weeping and pleading for mercy, because they have gone astray and forgotten the Lord their God.
21 Voz sobre las alturas fué oída, llanto de los ruegos de los hijos de Israel; porque han torcido su camino, de Jehová su Dios se han olvidado.
22 Come back, unfaithful children, and I will heal your unfaithfulness. “We're here! Yes, we're coming back to you, because you are the Lord our God.”
22 Convertíos, hijos rebeldes, sanaré vuestras rebeliones. He aquí nosotros venimos á ti; porque tú eres Jehová nuestro Dios.
23 There's no doubt that pagan worship from the hills is pure lies; the idolatry that comes from the mountains is just noise. Israel's salvation is in the Lord our God alone.
23 Ciertamente vanidad son los collados, la multitud de los montes: ciertamente en Jehová nuestro Dios está la salud de Israel.
24 All our lives pagan idolatry has destroyed what our fathers worked so hard for: their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
24 Confusión consumió el trabajo de nuestros padres desde nuestra mocedad; sus ovejas, sus vacas, sus hijos y sus hijas.
25 We should lie down in shame, and have our disgrace bury us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, us and our fathers. From when we were young right up to now we have not obeyed what the Lord our God told us to do.
25 Yacemos en nuestra confusión, y nuestra afrenta nos cubre: porque pecamos contra Jehová nuestro Dios, nosotros y nuestros padres, desde nuestra juventud y hasta este día; y no hemos escuchado la voz de Jehová nuestro Dios.
Cross references (25)
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- 1 Deuteronomy 24:1–4; Ezekiel 16:26; Jeremiah 4:1; Ezekiel 23:4–49; Jeremiah 2:20
- 2 Ezekiel 16:24–25; Genesis 38:14; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 8:4–6; Jeremiah 2:20
- 3 Leviticus 26:19; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 4:7; Deuteronomy 28:23
- 4 Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 31:9; Proverbs 2:17; Hosea 2:15
- 5 Ezekiel 22:6; Jeremiah 3:12; Isaiah 57:16; Micah 2:1; Micah 7:3
- 6 Ezekiel 16:31; 2 Kings 17:7–17; 1 Kings 14:23; Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 3:11–14
- 7 Ezekiel 16:46; 2 Chronicles 30:6–12; Hosea 14:1; 2 Kings 17:13–14; Hosea 6:1–4
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:1; 2 Kings 18:9–11; Hosea 2:2–3; Isaiah 50:1; Hosea 3:4
- 9 Jeremiah 2:27; Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 3:2; Habakkuk 2:19; Jeremiah 10:8
- 10 Hosea 7:14; Jeremiah 12:2; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 10:6; 2 Chronicles 34:33–35:18
- 11 Ezekiel 23:11; Ezekiel 16:51–52; Hosea 11:7; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 4:16
- 12 Psalm 86:15; Ezekiel 33:11; Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Jeremiah 3:22; Micah 7:18–20
- 13 Jeremiah 3:25; Deuteronomy 30:1–3; Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 2:25
- 14 Hosea 2:19–20; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 31:32; Isaiah 54:5; Ezekiel 34:11–14
- 15 Jeremiah 23:4; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11–12; Ezekiel 34:23; John 21:15–17
- 16 Amos 9:14–15; Ezekiel 37:26; Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:1–2; Hosea 1:10–11
- 17 Ezekiel 43:7; Micah 4:1–5; Jeremiah 17:12; Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 18 Jeremiah 31:8; Amos 9:15; Jeremiah 23:8; Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 50:4
- 19 Jeremiah 3:4; Romans 8:15–17; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16; 1 John 3:1–3
- 20 Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 3:8–10; Malachi 2:11; Hosea 5:7
- 21 2 Corinthians 7:10; Jeremiah 3:2; Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 17:10
- 22 Hosea 14:4; Hosea 14:1; Zechariah 13:9; Jeremiah 30:17; Hosea 6:1–2
- 23 Psalm 121:1–2; Psalm 3:8; Isaiah 12:2; John 4:22; Hosea 1:7
- 24 Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13; Ezekiel 16:61; Hosea 2:8; Ezekiel 16:63
- 25 Jeremiah 22:21; Lamentations 5:16; Proverbs 5:13; Ezekiel 7:18; Jeremiah 2:26
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Hear what God saith unto Jerusalem, "I said, after she had committed all these whoredoms, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." When we have come back unto the earnest love of God, He remembers not the former things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Which He doth in the prophets also, using these words, "I said, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." Then having called her, He tells also her blood-stained deeds, "Thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, and ye would not," in this way also …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)