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1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
1 PALABRA que fué de Jehová á Jeremías, diciendo:
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through 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.
2 “Stand in the gate of Yahweh’s house, and proclaim this word there, and say, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.’”
3 Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live 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.
3 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
4 No fiéis en palabras de mentira, diciendo: Templo de Jehová, templo de Jehová, templo de Jehová es éste.
4 Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, are these.’
5 For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
5 Mas si mejorareis cumplidamente vuestros caminos y vuestras obras; si con exactitud hiciereis derecho entre el hombre y su prójimo,
5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
6 if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
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;
6 if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt,
7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
7 Os haré morar en este lugar, en la tierra que dí á vuestros padres para siempre.
7 then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forever more.
8 But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
8 He aquí vosotros os confiáis en palabras de mentira, que no aprovechan.
8 Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.
9 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
9 ¿Hurtando, matando, y adulterando, y jurando falso, é incensando á Baal, y andando tras dioses extraños que no conocisteis,
9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
10 and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with 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?
10 then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ that you may do all these abominations?
11 Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares 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.
11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says Yahweh.
12 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of 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.
12 “But go now to 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.
13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
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;
13 Now, because you have done all these works,” says Yahweh, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn’t hear; and I called you, but you didn’t answer;
14 therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
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:
14 therefore I will do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
15 And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
15 Que os echaré de mi presencia como eché á todos vuestros hermanos, á toda la generación de Ephraim.
15 I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole offspring of Ephraim.
16 As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
16 Tú pues, no ores por este pueblo, ni levantes por ellos clamor ni oración, ni me ruegues; porque no te oiré.
16 “Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up a cry or prayer for them or make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
17 Do you not see what they are doing 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?
17 Don’t you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
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.
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
19 But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
19 ¿Provocaránme ellos á ira, dice Jehová, y no más bien [obran] ellos mismos para confusión de sus rostros?
19 Do they provoke me to anger?” says Yahweh. “Don’t they provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”
20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
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.
20 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man, on animal, on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and will not be quenched.”
21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
21 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Añadid vuestros holocaustos sobre vuestros sacrificios, y comed carne.
21 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
22 For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and 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:
22 For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;
23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go 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.
23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’
24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They 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,
24 But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
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:
25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
26 Mas no me oyeron ni inclinaron su oído; antes endurecieron su cerviz, é hicieron peor que sus padres.
26 Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.
27 When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
27 Tú pues les dirás todas estas palabras, mas no te oirán; aun los llamarás, y no te responderán.
27 “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
28 Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
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.
28 You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to Yahweh their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’
29 Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has 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.
29 Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
30 For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled 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.
30 “For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight,” says Yahweh. “They have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter 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.
31 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 didn’t command, nor did it come into my mind.
32 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more 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.
32 Therefore behold, the days come”, says Yahweh, “that it will no more be called ‘Topheth’ or ‘The valley of the son of Hinnom’, but ‘The valley of Slaughter’; for they will bury in Topheth until there is no place to bury.
33 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare 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.
33 The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth. No one will frighten them away.
34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
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.
34 Then I will 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 will become a waste.”
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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)
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- 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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