Jeremiah · Literal Standard Version
Jeremiah 9 Literal Standard Version
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1 Who makes my head waters, || And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, || For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
1 ¡OH si mi cabeza se tornase aguas, y mis ojos fuentes de aguas, para que llore día y noche los muertos de la hija de mi pueblo!
2 Who gives me in a wilderness || A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, || For all of them [are] adulterers, || An assembly of treacherous ones.
2 ¡Oh quién me diese en el desierto un mesón de caminantes, para que dejase mi pueblo, y de ellos me apartase! Porque todos ellos son adúlteros, congregación de prevaricadores.
3 “And they bend their tongue, || Their bow [is] a lie, || And they have not been mighty for steadfastness in the land, || For they have gone forth from evil to evil, || And they have not known Me,” || A declaration of YHWH!
3 E hicieron que su lengua, [como] su arco, tirase mentira; y no se fortalecieron por verdad en la tierra: porque de mal en mal procedieron, y me han desconocido, dice Jehová.
4 “You each beware of his friend, || And do not trust any brother, || For every brother utterly supplants, || For every friend slanderously walks,
4 Guárdese cada uno de su compañero, ni en ningún hermano tenga confianza: porque todo hermano engaña con falacia, y todo compañero anda con falsedades.
5 And they each mock at his friend, || And they do not speak truth, || They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, || They have labored to commit iniquity.
5 Y cada uno engaña á su compañero, y no hablan verdad: enseñaron su lengua á hablar mentira, se ocupan de hacer perversamente.
6 Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, || Through deceit they refused to know Me,” || A declaration of YHWH.
6 Tu morada es en medio de engaño; de muy engañadores no quisieron conocerme, dice Jehová.
7 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, || For how do I deal with the daughter of My people?
7 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: He aquí que yo los fundiré, y los ensayaré; porque ¿cómo he de hacer por la hija de mi pueblo?
8 Their tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, || It has spoken deceit in its mouth, || It speaks peace with its neighbor, || And in its heart it lays its ambush,
8 Saeta afilada es la lengua de ellos; engaño habla; con su boca habla paz con su amigo, y dentro de sí pone sus asechanzas.
9 Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such as this?”
9 ¿No los tengo de visitar sobre estas cosas? dice Jehová. ¿De tal gente no se vengará mi alma?
10 I lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, || And a lamentation for the habitations of the wilderness, || For they have been burned up without any passing over, || Nor have they heard the voice of livestock, || From the bird of the heavens and to the beast—they have fled, || They have gone.
10 Sobre los montes levantaré lloro y lamentación, y llanto sobre las moradas del desierto; porque desolados fueron hasta no quedar quien pase, ni oyeron bramido de ganado: desde las aves del cielo y hasta las bestias de la tierra se trasportaron, y se fueron.
11 “And I make Jerusalem become heaps, || A habitation of dragons, || And I make the cities of Judah a desolation, || Without inhabitant.”
11 Y pondré á Jerusalem en montones, por morada de culebras; y pondré las ciudades de Judá en asolamiento, que no quede morador.
12 Who [is] the wise man? And he understands this, || And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he declares it, || For why has the land perished? It has been burned up as a wilderness, || Without any passing through.
12 ¿Quién es varón sabio que entienda esto? ¿y á quién habló la boca de Jehová, para que pueda declararlo? ¿Por qué causa la tierra ha perecido, ha sido asolada como desierto, que no hay quien pase?
13 And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, || And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it,
13 Y dijo Jehová: Porque dejaron mi ley, la cual dí delante de ellos, y no obedecieron á mi voz, ni caminaron conforme á ella;
14 And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, || And after the Ba‘alim, || That their fathers taught them,”
14 Antes se fueron tras la imaginación de su corazón, y en pos de los Baales que les enseñaron sus padres:
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, || And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
15 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que á este pueblo yo les daré á comer ajenjos, y les daré á beber aguas de hiel.
16 And I have scattered them among nations || Which they did not know, they and their fathers, || And have sent the sword after them, || Until I have consumed them.”
16 Y los esparciré entre gentes que no conocieron ellos ni sus padres; y enviaré espada en pos de ellos, hasta que yo los acabe.
17 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, || And they come, || And send to the wise women, || And they come,
17 Así dice Jehová de los ejércitos: Considerad, y llamad plañideras que vengan; y enviad por las sabias que vengan:
18 And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, || And waters flow from our eyelids.
18 Y dense prisa, y levanten llanto sobre nosotros, y córranse nuestros ojos en lágrimas, y nuestros párpados en aguas se destilen.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, || Because we have forsaken the land, || Because they have cast down our dwelling places.”
19 Porque voz de endecha fué oída de Sión: ¡Cómo hemos sido destruídos! en gran manera hemos sido confundidos. ¿Por qué dejamos la tierra? ¿por qué [nos] han echado [de sí] nuestras moradas?
20 But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, || And your ear receives a word of His mouth, || And teach your daughters wailing, || And each her neighbor lamentation.
20 Oid pues, oh mujeres, palabra de Jehová, y vuestro oído reciba la palabra de su boca; y enseñad endechas á vuestras hijas, y cada una á su amiga, lamentación.
21 For death has come up into our windows, || It has come into our palaces, || To cut off the suckling from outside, || Young men from the broad places.
21 Porque la muerte ha subido por nuestras ventanas, ha entrado en nuestros palacios; para talar los niños de las calles, los mancebos de las plazas.
22 Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, || And the carcass of man has fallen, || As dung on the face of the field, || And as a handful after the reaper, || And there is none gathering.”
22 Habla: Así ha dicho Jehová: Los cuerpos de los hombres muertos caerán como estiércol sobre la haz del campo, y como manojo tras el segador, que no hay quien lo recoja.
23 Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, || Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, || Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,
23 Así dijo Jehová: No se alabe el sabio en su sabiduría, ni en su valentía se alabe el valiente, ni el rico se alabe en sus riquezas.
24 But let the boaster boast himself in this, || In understanding and knowing Me, || For I [am] YHWH, doing kindness, || Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, || For I have delighted in these,” || A declaration of YHWH.
24 Mas alábese en esto el que se hubiere de alabar: en entenderme y conocerme, que yo soy Jehová, que hago misericordia, juicio, y justicia en la tierra: porque estas cosas quiero, dice Jehová.
25 “Behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
25 He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, y visitaré sobre todo circuncidado, y sobre todo incircunciso:
26 On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, || And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, || And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], || Who are dwelling in the wilderness, || For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, || And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!”
26 A Egipto, y á Judá, y á Edom, y á los hijos de Ammón y de Moab, y á todos los arrinconados en el postrer rincón, que moran en el desierto; porque todas las gentes tienen prepucio, y toda la casa de Israel tiene prepucio en el corazón.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 13:17; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 8:21–22; Jeremiah 6:26
- 2 Jeremiah 5:7–8; Jeremiah 23:10; Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:4; Jeremiah 12:1
- 3 Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 9:8; Judges 2:10; Isaiah 59:13–15; Romans 3:13
- 4 Micah 7:5–6; Proverbs 26:24–25; Psalm 12:2–3; Jeremiah 6:28; Proverbs 10:18
- 5 Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 57:10; Micah 6:12; Job 15:5; Isaiah 59:13–15
- 6 Jeremiah 13:10; Hosea 4:6; Romans 1:28; Jeremiah 20:10; Proverbs 1:24
- 7 Isaiah 1:25; Malachi 3:3; Jeremiah 6:27; Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9
- 8 Psalm 28:3; Proverbs 26:24–26; Psalm 64:3–4; Psalm 120:3; Jeremiah 9:3
- 9 Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 5:9; Isaiah 1:24
- 10 Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 33:28; Jeremiah 7:29
- 11 Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 10:22; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 51:37
- 12 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 107:43; Deuteronomy 32:29; Psalm 107:34; Revelation 1:3
- 13 Jeremiah 22:9; 2 Chronicles 7:19; Ezra 9:10; Proverbs 28:4; Psalm 119:53
- 14 Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 1:18; Romans 1:21–24
- 15 Jeremiah 8:14; Psalm 80:5; Lamentations 3:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:15
- 16 Ezekiel 5:12; Deuteronomy 28:64; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2; Jeremiah 44:27
- 17 Amos 5:16–17; Ecclesiastes 12:5; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Mark 5:38; Matthew 9:23
- 18 Jeremiah 9:1; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 9:20; Lamentations 2:11
- 19 Jeremiah 4:13; Ezekiel 7:16–18; Deuteronomy 28:29; Micah 1:8–9; Lamentations 5:2
- 20 Luke 23:27–30; Isaiah 32:9–13; Job 22:22; Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 9:17–18
- 21 Jeremiah 6:11; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 15:7; Ezekiel 9:5–6; Ezekiel 21:14–15
- 22 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 25:33; Zephaniah 1:17; Jeremiah 16:4; Psalm 83:10
- 23 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Isaiah 5:21; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
- 24 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Micah 6:8; Micah 7:18
- 25 Galatians 5:2–6; Romans 2:25–26; Romans 2:8–9; Ezekiel 32:19–32; Amos 3:2
- 26 Leviticus 26:41; Jeremiah 4:4; Ezekiel 44:7; Isaiah 19:24–25; Romans 2:28–29
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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