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1 Israelitas, escuchen la palabra del Señor, pues él tiene un pleito contra ustedes. La queja del Señor es esta: «Ya no hay entre ustedes fidelidad, ni bondad, ni conocimiento de Dios.
1 Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Ustedes blasfeman, mienten, matan, roban y cometen adulterio. ¡Es tanta la violencia que los homicidios parecen no tener fin!
2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
3 Por eso la gente está de luto, todos están tristes y deprimidos. ¡Hasta los animales del campo, las aves del cielo y los peces están padeciendo los efectos de su maldad!
3 Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.
4 »¡No señales con tu dedo a alguna otra persona, tratando de pasarle la culpa! ¡Mira, sacerdote, yo estoy señalándote a ti con mi dedo!
4 “Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5 Cometes maldades de día y de noche, y los falsos profetas también se asocian contigo. ¡Destruiré todo lo tuyo, hasta a tu madre!
5 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
6 Mi pueblo es destruido porque no me conoce a mí, perece por no seguir mis instrucciones, y es todo por culpa de ustedes, sacerdotes, pues ustedes mismos han rehusado conocerme; por lo tanto, yo rehúso reconocerlos como mis sacerdotes. Siendo que han olvidado mis instrucciones, yo me olvidaré de bendecir a tus hijos.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
7 Cuanto más se multiplicaban los sacerdotes, peor actuaban en mi contra. Ellos cambiaron la grandeza y dignidad de Dios por la insignificancia y vergüenza de los ídolos.
7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
8 »¡Los sacerdotes se regocijan en las maldades cometidas por mi pueblo, pues en cuanto peor se porta la gente, más comida tienen ellos!
8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
9 Y así se cumple aquello de que “cual el sacerdote, tal el pueblo”, y como los sacerdotes son malvados, el pueblo lo es también. Por lo tanto yo castigaré tanto a los sacerdotes como al pueblo por sus hechos malvados.
9 It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
10 Comerán, pero quedarán con hambre; fornicarán con sus amantes, pero no tendrán hijos. Esto les acontecerá porque me han abandonado y han rendido homenaje a otros dioses.
10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh.
11 »El vino, las mujeres y la música han embotado los sentidos de la gente de mi pueblo.
11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
12 ¡Pues están pidiéndole a un pedazo de madera que les diga lo que deben hacer! Su inclinación a la idolatría los hace desviarse del camino correcto. Abandonaron a su Dios para poner su confianza en otros dioses.
12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
13 Ellos ofrecen sacrificios rituales a los ídolos en las cimas de las montañas; suben a las colinas para ofrecerles delicados perfumes bajo la sombra placentera de los robles, álamos y olmos. Allí sus hijas y sus nueras se entregan a la prostitución.
13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
14 Pero, ¿por qué habré de castigarlas a ellas? Pues ustedes los hombres están haciendo lo mismo; ustedes se acuestan con las prostitutas que ofrecen sus cuerpos como culto a sus dioses, y junto con ellas ofrecen sacrificios rituales a esos dioses. ¡Por eso es que el pueblo, carente del verdadero conocimiento de Dios, actúa tan mal y se destruye a sí mismo!
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 »Si Israel es una prostituta, tú, Judá, no sigas su ejemplo. ¡No vayan a Guilgal ni acudan a Bet Avén, ni juren allá por la vida del Señor!
15 “Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’
16 Israel es testaruda como una novilla, no deja que el Señor la cuide y la lleve a pastar al campo, como si fuera un corderito.
16 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
17 Como Efraín, es decir, Israel, se ha entregado a los ídolos, ¡pues que se quede con ellos!
17 Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
18 Los hombres de Israel se entregan a borracheras y se van en busca de prostitutas. Aman más la vergüenza que el honor.
18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
19 Por lo tanto, un viento poderoso los barrerá, para que sientan vergüenza de adorar a sus ídolos.
19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 4:22; Micah 6:2; Isaiah 3:13–14; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Jeremiah 5:4
- 2 Hosea 6:9; Micah 7:2; Jeremiah 6:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Jeremiah 7:6–10
- 3 Zephaniah 1:3; Isaiah 24:4–12; Nahum 1:4; Ezekiel 38:20; Amos 5:16
- 4 Deuteronomy 17:12; Ezekiel 3:26; Hosea 4:17; Jeremiah 18:18; Matthew 7:3–6
- 5 Hosea 2:2; Jeremiah 15:8; Galatians 4:26; Zechariah 13:2; Ezekiel 16:44–45
- 6 Isaiah 5:13; Proverbs 19:2; Hosea 6:6; 2 Corinthians 4:3–6; Hosea 4:1
- 7 Hosea 13:6; Philippians 3:19; 1 Samuel 2:30; Hosea 4:10; Malachi 2:9
- 8 Micah 3:11; Isaiah 56:11; Titus 1:11; 1 Samuel 2:29; Leviticus 6:26
- 9 Jeremiah 5:31; Isaiah 24:2; Matthew 15:14; Hosea 1:4; Jeremiah 23:11–12
- 10 Micah 6:14; Leviticus 26:26; Haggai 1:6; Psalm 36:3; Zephaniah 1:6
- 11 Proverbs 20:1; Luke 21:34; Isaiah 28:7; Proverbs 6:32; Ecclesiastes 7:7
- 12 Jeremiah 2:27; Hosea 5:4; Habakkuk 2:19; Numbers 15:39; Deuteronomy 31:16
- 13 Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 1:29; Amos 7:17; Jeremiah 2:20
- 14 Hosea 4:1; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 4:18; Proverbs 28:5; Hosea 14:9
- 15 Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11; Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5; Ephesians 5:11
- 16 1 Samuel 15:11; Jeremiah 5:6; Zechariah 7:11; Jeremiah 7:24; Leviticus 26:33
- 17 Psalm 81:12; Revelation 22:11; Hosea 11:2; Hosea 4:4; Hosea 13:2
- 18 Micah 3:11; Proverbs 30:15–16; Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19; Micah 7:3
- 19 Jeremiah 51:1; Jeremiah 4:11–12; Hosea 13:15; Isaiah 1:29; Jeremiah 17:13
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… it:" and "let us walk honestly as in the day." "For all things serve Thee." He said all things of some: "all" which belong to this day "serve Thee." For the ungodly of whom it is said, "I have compared thy mother unto the night," do not serve Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But sin also is called spirit, as I have already said; only in another and opposite sense, as when it is said, The spirit of whoredom caused them to err.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)