Lamentations · Free Bible Version
Lamentations 2 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 How the Lord has spread a cloud of his anger over the Daughter of Zion! He has thrown down Israel's glory from heaven to earth. He has deserted his Temple from the time he became angry.
1 ¡CÓMO oscureció el Señor en su furor á la hija de Sión! Derribó del cielo á la tierra la hermosura de Israel, y no se acordó del estrado de sus pies en el día de su ira.
2 The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the places where the descendants of Jacob lived. In his anger he has torn down the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. He has demolished and degraded the kingdom and its leaders.
2 Destruyó el Señor, y no perdonó; destruyó en su furor todas las tiendas de Jacob: echó por tierra las fortalezas de la hija de Judá, deslustró el reino y sus príncipes.
3 In his fury he has destroyed all of Israel's power, refusing to help as the enemy attacked. He was like a fire blazing in the land of Jacob, burning everything up.
3 Cortó con el furor de su ira todo el cuerno de Israel; hizo volver atrás su diestra delante del enemigo; y encendióse en Jacob como llama de fuego que ha devorado en contorno.
4 He has fired arrows from his bow as if he were their enemy; he has used his power against them like an attacker. He has killed all the beloved children; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
4 Entesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, y mató toda cosa hermosa á la vista: en la tienda de la hija de Sión derramó como fuego su enojo.
5 The Lord has become like an enemy, completely destroying Israel and its palaces, demolishing its fortresses, making the Daughter of Judah cry and mourn more and more.
5 Fué el Señor como enemigo, destruyó á Israel; destruyó todos sus palacios, disipó sus fortalezas: y multiplicó en la hija de Judá la tristeza y lamento.
6 He has torn down his Temple as if was a garden shed; he has destroyed his meeting place. The Lord has made Zion forget about her religious festivals and Sabbaths. In his fury he has disowned both king and priest.
6 Y quitó su tienda como de un huerto, destruyó el lugar de su congregación: Jehová ha hecho olvidar en Sión solemnidades y sábados, y ha desechado en el furor de su ira rey y sacerdote.
7 The Lord has discarded his altar; he has abandoned his Temple. He has handed it over to the enemy. They were shouting triumphantly in the Lord's Temple just as worshipers did on festival days.
7 Desechó el Señor su altar, menospreció su santuario, ha entregado en mano del enemigo los muros de sus palacios: dieron grita en la casa de Jehová como en día de fiesta.
8 The Lord was determined to destroy the defensive walls of the Daughter of Zion. He measured out what he would destroy, and didn't hesitate to do it. He made the battlements and walls weep; they both disintegrated.
8 Jehová determinó destruir el muro de la hija de Sión; extendió el cordel, no retrajo su mano de destruir: hizo pues, se lamentara el antemuro y el muro; fueron destruídos juntamente.
9 Her gates have collapsed to the ground; he has destroyed their bars, breaking them apart. Her king and her princes have been exiled to other countries. No one follows the Law anymore, and even her prophets no longer receive visions from the Lord.
9 Sus puertas fueron echadas por tierra, destruyó y quebrantó sus cerrojos: su rey y sus príncipes están entre las gentes donde no hay ley; sus profetas tampoco hallaron visión de Jehová.
10 The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust over their heads and put on clothes made of sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed down, their heads to the ground.
10 Sentáronse en tierra, callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sión; echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, ciñéronse de saco; las vírgenes de Jerusalem bajaron sus cabezas á tierra.
11 My eyes are worn out from crying; inside I am in turmoil. I'm sick and exhausted over the destruction of Jerusalem, the daughter of my people, because children and infants are fainting in the city streets.
11 Mis ojos desfallecieron de lágrimas, rugieron mis entrañas, mi hígado se derramó por tierra por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, cuando desfallecía el niño y el que mamaba, en las plazas de la ciudad.
12 They cry out to their mothers, “We need food and drink!” fainting in the city streets as if they're wounded, their lives fading away in their mothers' arms.
12 Decían á sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Desfallecían como heridos en las calles de la ciudad, derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.
13 What can I tell you? What shall I compare you to, Daughter of Jerusalem? What can I say you're like in order to comfort you, virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound gapes as wide as the sea—who could ever heal you?
13 ¿Qué testigo te traeré, ó á quién te haré semejante, hija de Jerusalem? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, oh virgen hija de Sión? Porque grande es tu quebrantamiento como la mar: ¿quién te medicinará?
14 The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they didn't point out your guilt to prevent you being taken into captivity. Instead they presented to you visions that were false and deceptive.
14 Tus profetas vieron para ti vanidad y locura; y no descubrieron tu pecado para estorbar tu cautiverio, sino que te predicaron vanas profecías y extravíos.
15 Everyone who passes by mock you, clapping their hands, hissing and shaking their heads in scorn at the Daughter of Jerusalem. “Is this really the city that people called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” they ask.
15 Todos los que pasaban por el camino, batieron las manos sobre ti; silbaron, y movieron sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusalem, [diciendo]: ¿Es ésta la ciudad que decían de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?
16 All your enemies open their mouths at you, hissing and gnashing their teeth, “We've swallowed her up! This is the day we've been waiting for. Now it's here and we've seen it happen!”
16 Todos tus enemigos abrieron sobre ti su boca, silbaron, y rechinaron los dientes; dijeron: Devoremos: cierto éste es el día que esperábamos; lo hemos hallado, vímoslo.
17 The Lord has achieved what he decided; he has done what he warned he would. Just as he determined to do long ago, he has destroyed you, showing no mercy. He has allowed the enemy to gloat over your defeat, and he has given power to those who attack you.
17 Jehová ha hecho lo que tenía determinado, ha cumplido su palabra que él había mandado desde tiempo antiguo: destruyó, y no perdonó; y alegró sobre ti al enemigo, y enalteció el cuerno de tus adversarios.
18 The people cry out to the Lord from the bottom of their hearts. Daughter of Zion, let your walls stream down with tears like a river all day and night. Don't stop, go on crying!
18 El corazón de ellos clamaba al Señor: Oh muro de la hija de Sión, echa lágrimas como un arroyo día y noche; no descanses, ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.
19 Get up and cry out as the night begins. Pour out your sad thoughts like water before the Lord. Hold up your hands to him in prayer for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at every street corner.
19 Levántate, da voces en la noche, en el principio de las velas; derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; alza tus manos á él por la vida de tus pequeñitos, que desfallecen de hambre en las entradas de todas las calles.
20 Lord, please think about it! Who have you ever treated this way? Should women have to eat their children, the little ones they love? Should priests and prophets be killed in the Lord's Temple?
20 Mira, oh Jehová, y considera á quién has hecho así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres su fruto, los pequeñitos de sus crías? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?
21 The dead, young and old, lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and young women, have been killed by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you have slaughtered them without mercy.
21 Niños y viejos yacían por tierra en las calles; mis vírgenes y mis mancebos cayeron á cuchillo: mataste en el día de tu furor, degollaste, no perdonaste.
22 You invited enemies to attack me from every direction like you were inviting them to a religious festival. At the time when the Lord was angry nobody escaped, nobody survived. My enemy has destroyed the children I looked after and loved.
22 Has llamado, como á día de solemnidad, mis temores de todas partes; y en el día del furor de Jehová no hubo quien escapase ni quedase vivo: los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los acabó.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 132:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2; Ezekiel 28:14–16; Lamentations 3:43–44; Revelation 12:7–9
- 2 Psalm 89:39–40; Lamentations 2:17; Lamentations 3:43; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 43:28
- 3 Psalm 74:11; Psalm 75:5; Isaiah 42:25; Psalm 75:10; Psalm 89:46
- 4 Jeremiah 7:20; Ezekiel 24:25; Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 21:5; Job 6:4
- 5 Lamentations 2:2; Jeremiah 30:14; 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 52:13; Lamentations 2:4
- 6 Zephaniah 3:18; Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 4:16; Lamentations 4:20; Malachi 2:9
- 7 Psalm 74:3–8; Amos 2:5; Ezekiel 24:21; Psalm 78:59–61; Jeremiah 52:13
- 8 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 3:26; Jeremiah 14:2; Isaiah 34:11; Jeremiah 5:10
- 9 Ezekiel 7:26; Hosea 3:4; Psalm 74:9; Nehemiah 1:3; Micah 3:6–7
- 10 Isaiah 3:26; Job 2:12–13; Isaiah 15:3; Ezekiel 7:18; Lamentations 1:4
- 11 Lamentations 1:20; Job 16:13; Lamentations 1:16; Jeremiah 4:19; Psalm 6:7
- 12 Ezekiel 30:24; Isaiah 53:12
- 13 Lamentations 1:12; Jeremiah 30:12–15; 2 Samuel 5:20; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 14:17
- 14 Jeremiah 5:31; Isaiah 58:1; Ezekiel 22:28; Ezekiel 22:25; Micah 3:5–7
- 15 Jeremiah 18:16; Psalm 48:2; Psalm 50:2; Jeremiah 19:8; Ezekiel 25:6
- 16 Psalm 35:21; Lamentations 3:46; Psalm 37:12; Job 16:9–10; Psalm 56:2
- 17 Ezekiel 5:11; Psalm 89:42; Lamentations 2:1–2; Leviticus 26:14–46; Deuteronomy 28:15–68
- 18 Psalm 119:145; Lamentations 3:48–49; Lamentations 2:8; Psalm 119:136; Lamentations 1:16
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 26:9; Psalm 119:147–148; Psalm 142:2; Mark 1:35
- 20 Lamentations 4:10; Jeremiah 19:9; Psalm 78:64; Lamentations 4:13; Exodus 32:11
- 21 Zechariah 11:6; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Lamentations 3:43; Jeremiah 13:14; Jeremiah 18:21
- 22 Jeremiah 6:25; Psalm 31:13; Jeremiah 20:3; Jeremiah 16:2–4; Isaiah 24:17–18
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