Jeremiah 7 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:
1 PALABRA que fué de Jehová á Jeremías, diciendo:
2 Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
2 Ponte á la puerta de la casa de Jehová, y predica allí esta palabra, y di: Oid palabra de Jehová, todo Judá, los que entráis por estas puertas para adorar á Jehová.
3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
3 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Mejorad vuestros caminos y vuestras obras, y os haré morar en este lugar.
4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying: 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.'
4 No fiéis en palabras de mentira, diciendo: Templo de Jehová, templo de Jehová, templo de Jehová es éste.
5 Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
5 Mas si mejorareis cumplidamente vuestros caminos y vuestras obras; si con exactitud hiciereis derecho entre el hombre y su prójimo,
6 if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
6 Ni oprimiereis al peregrino, al huérfano, y á la viuda, ni en este lugar derramareis la sangre inocente, ni anduviereis en pos de dioses ajenos para mal vuestro;
7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
7 Os haré morar en este lugar, en la tierra que dí á vuestros padres para siempre.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
8 He aquí vosotros os confiáis en palabras de mentira, que no aprovechan.
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known,
9 ¿Hurtando, matando, y adulterando, y jurando falso, é incensando á Baal, y andando tras dioses extraños que no conocisteis,
10 and come and stand before Me in this house, whereupon My name is called, and say: 'We are delivered', that ye may do all these abominations?
10 Vendréis y os pondréis delante de mí en esta casa sobre la cual es invocado mi nombre, y diréis: Librados somos: para hacer todas estas abominaciones?
11 Is this house, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith the LORD.
11 ¿Es cueva de ladrones delante de vuestros ojos esta casa, sobre la cual es invocado mi nombre? He aquí que también yo veo, dice Jehová.
12 For go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where I caused My name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel.
12 Andad empero ahora á mi lugar que fué en Silo, donde hice que morase mi nombre al principio, y ved lo que le hice por la maldad de mi pueblo Israel.
13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke unto you, speaking betimes and often, but ye heard not, and I called you, but ye answered not;
13 Ahora pues, por cuanto habéis vosotros hecho todas estas obras, dice Jehová, y bien que os hablé, madrugando para hablar, no oísteis, y os llamé, y no respondisteis;
14 therefore will I do unto the house, whereupon My name is called, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
14 Haré también á esta casa sobre la cual es invocado mi nombre, en la que vosotros confiáis, y á este lugar que dí á vosotros y á vuestros padres, como hice á Silo:
15 And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
15 Que os echaré de mi presencia como eché á todos vuestros hermanos, á toda la generación de Ephraim.
16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me; for I will not hear thee.
16 Tú pues, no ores por este pueblo, ni levantes por ellos clamor ni oración, ni me ruegues; porque no te oiré.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
17 ¿No ves lo que estos hacen en las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me.
18 Los hijos cogen la leña, y los padres encienden el fuego, y las mujeres amasan la masa, para hacer tortas á la reina del cielo y para hacer ofrendas á dioses ajenos, por provocarme á ira.
19 Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
19 ¿Provocaránme ellos á ira, dice Jehová, y no más bien [obran] ellos mismos para confusión de sus rostros?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the land; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
20 Por tanto, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí que mi furor y mi ira se derrama sobre este lugar, sobre los hombres, sobre los animales, y sobre los árboles del campo, y sobre los frutos de la tierra; y encenderáse, y no se apagará.
21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
21 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Añadid vuestros holocaustos sobre vuestros sacrificios, y comed carne.
22 For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices;
22 Porque no hablé yo con vuestros padres, ni les mandé el día que los saqué de la tierra de Egipto, acerca de holocaustos y de víctimas:
23 but this thing I commanded them, saying: 'Hearken unto My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'
23 Mas esto les mandé, diciendo: Escuchad mi voz, y seré á vosotros por Dios, y vosotros me seréis por pueblo; y andad en todo camino que os mandare, para que os vaya bien.
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels, even in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward,
24 Y no oyeron ni inclinaron su oído; antes caminaron en [sus] consejos, en la dureza de su corazón malvado, y fueron hacia atrás y no hacia adelante,
25 even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day; and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily betimes and often,
25 Desde el día que vuestros padres salieron de la tierra de Egipto hasta hoy. Y os envié á todos los profetas mis siervos, cada día madrugando y enviándolos:
26 yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.
26 Mas no me oyeron ni inclinaron su oído; antes endurecieron su cerviz, é hicieron peor que sus padres.
27 And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken to thee; thou shalt also call unto them, but they will not answer thee.
27 Tú pues les dirás todas estas palabras, mas no te oirán; aun los llamarás, y no te responderán.
28 Therefore thou shalt say unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received correction; faithfulness is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
28 Les dirás por tanto: Esta es la gente que no escuchó la voz de Jehová su Dios, ni tomó corrección; perdióse la fe, y de la boca de ellos fué cortada.
29 Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the high hills; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
29 Trasquila tu cabello, y arrójalo, y levanta llanto sobre las alturas; porque Jehová ha aborrecido y dejado la nación de su ira.
30 For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight, saith the LORD; they have set their detestable things in the house whereon My name is called, to defile it.
30 Porque los hijos de Judá han hecho lo malo ante mis ojos, dice Jehová; pusieron sus abominaciones en la casa sobre la cual mi nombre fué invocado, amancillándola.
31 And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into My mind.
31 Y han edificado los altos de Topheth, que es en el valle del hijo de Hinnom, para quemar al fuego sus hijos y sus hijas, cosa que yo no les mandé, ni subió en mi corazón.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, for lack of room.
32 Por tanto, he aquí vendrán días, ha dicho Jehová, que no se diga más, Topheth, ni valle del hijo de Hinnom, sino Valle de la Matanza; y serán enterrados en Topheth, por no haber lugar.
33 And the carcasses of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
33 Y serán los cuerpos muertos de este pueblo para comida de las aves del cielo y de las bestias de la tierra; y no habrá quien las espante.
34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall be desolate.
34 Y haré cesar de las ciudades de Judá, y de la calles de Jerusalem, voz de gozo y voz de alegría, voz de esposo y voz de esposa; porque la tierra será en desolación.
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Shiloh
Shiloh housed the tabernacle and ark through the era of the judges. Hannah prayed and Samuel ministered here; its later ruin became a prophetic warning.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 18:1; 1 Samuel 1:3; Jeremiah 7:12
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Jeremiah 26:2; Revelation 3:22; Jeremiah 22:1–2; Amos 7:16; Ezekiel 2:4–5
- 3 Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 26:13; Proverbs 28:13; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 1:16–19
- 4 Micah 3:11; Matthew 3:9–10; Zephaniah 3:11; Jeremiah 29:31; Ezekiel 13:19
- 5 Jeremiah 7:3; Isaiah 1:19; 1 Kings 6:12–13; Jeremiah 4:1–2; Isaiah 16:3
- 6 Exodus 22:21–24; Zechariah 7:9–12; Jeremiah 13:10; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:28
- 7 Deuteronomy 4:40; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 18:7–8; Jeremiah 3:18; 2 Chronicles 33:8
- 8 Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 23:26; Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 4:10
- 9 Exodus 20:3; Jeremiah 7:6; James 4:1–4; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 11:13
- 10 Jeremiah 32:34; Ezekiel 23:39; Ezekiel 23:37; Jeremiah 7:11; Jeremiah 34:15
- 11 Isaiah 56:7; Luke 19:45–46; Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; John 2:16
- 12 Joshua 18:1; 1 Samuel 4:10–11; Jeremiah 26:6; Psalm 78:60–64; Judges 18:31
- 13 Isaiah 65:12; Proverbs 1:24; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Jeremiah 7:25; Hosea 11:2
- 14 Psalm 78:60; 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 7:4; Jeremiah 7:10; Deuteronomy 28:52
- 15 Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 52:3; Hosea 13:16; 2 Kings 17:23; Hosea 9:16–17
- 16 Jeremiah 11:14; Jeremiah 14:11–12; Jeremiah 15:1; Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 14:14–20
- 17 Ezekiel 8:6–18; Ezekiel 14:23; Jeremiah 6:27
- 18 Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:17–19; 1 Kings 14:9; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Deuteronomy 4:19
- 19 Jeremiah 9:19; Jeremiah 2:19; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Daniel 9:7–8; Jeremiah 20:11
- 20 Jeremiah 42:18; Lamentations 2:3–5; Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 17:27; Lamentations 4:11
- 21 Hosea 8:13; Jeremiah 6:20; Isaiah 1:11–15; Amos 5:21–23
- 22 Hosea 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalm 51:16–17; Matthew 9:13; Psalm 40:6
- 23 Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 5:33; Exodus 19:5–6; Jeremiah 42:6; Hebrews 5:9
- 24 Psalm 81:11–12; Deuteronomy 29:19; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 8:5; Jeremiah 32:33
- 25 2 Chronicles 36:15; Jeremiah 25:4; Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 7:13; Matthew 21:34–36
- 26 Jeremiah 16:12; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 7:24
- 27 Isaiah 50:2; Jeremiah 26:2; Jeremiah 1:7; Isaiah 65:12; Zechariah 7:13
- 28 Isaiah 59:14–15; Jeremiah 32:33; Proverbs 1:7; Isaiah 1:4–5; Zephaniah 3:2
- 29 Job 1:20; Micah 1:16; Jeremiah 6:30; Jeremiah 16:6; Ezekiel 19:1
- 30 Ezekiel 7:20; Jeremiah 32:34; Daniel 9:27; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 21:4
- 31 2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35; 2 Kings 17:17; Leviticus 18:21; Psalm 106:37–38
- 32 Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 19:6; 2 Kings 23:10; Leviticus 26:30; Jeremiah 7:31
- 33 Jeremiah 12:9; Deuteronomy 28:26; Revelation 19:17–18; Jeremiah 8:1–2; Jeremiah 16:4
- 34 Revelation 18:23; Ezekiel 26:13; Hosea 2:11; Jeremiah 25:10; Leviticus 26:33
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This is in accordance with what Jeremiah says, "The Lord hath rejected and cast off the nation which does these things; for the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord." And again in like manner does Jeremiah speak: "I set watchmen over you; hearken to the sound of the trumpet; and they said, We will …