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1 El Señor me dijo: Ve y cómprate un cinturón de lino y cíñete con él, pero no lo laves, no lo metas en el agua.
1 Yahweh said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”
2 Compré, pues, el cinturón y me lo puse.
2 So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.
3 Luego me llegó otra vez un mensaje del Señor. Esta vez me dijo:
3 Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying,
4 Lleva el cinturón al río Éufrates y escóndelo en un hueco en las rocas.
4 “Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
5 Así lo hice, lo escondí como el Señor me había dicho.
5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
6 Mucho tiempo después, el Señor me dijo: Vuelve al río y saca el cinturón.
6 After many days, Yahweh said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”
7 Y así lo hice, saqué el cinturón del hueco donde lo había escondido. Pero estaba podrido y deshaciéndose, y ya no servía para nada.
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
8 Entonces el Señor dijo: Esto muestra la forma en que pudriré el orgullo de Judá y de Jerusalén.
8 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
9 Not in this translation
9 “Yahweh says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 Este pueblo perverso se niega a escucharme, va en pos de sus malos deseos y adora ídolos; por lo tanto llegará a ser como ese cinturón: inservible.
10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
11 Como el cinturón se ciñe a la cintura de una persona, hice que Judá e Israel se ciñeran a mí, con la idea de que fueran mi orgullo, lo más valioso para mí, dice el Señor. Eran mi pueblo, quienes le daban fama a mi nombre. Pero se desviaron.
11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says Yahweh; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
12 Diles esto: «El Señor Dios de Israel les dice este refrán: Todas sus jarras se pueden llenar con vino». Y ellos responderán: «Desde luego, no hay para qué decirnos que toda jarra puede ser llena con vino».
12 “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, “Every container should be filled with wine.”’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’
13 Diles entonces: Pues no lo entienden bien. Llenaré de inútil confusión a cuantos vivan en esta tierra: desde el rey que ocupa el trono de David, los sacerdotes y profetas, hasta la gente sencilla del pueblo.
13 Then tell them, ‘Yahweh says, “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 A hijos y a padres estrellaré unos contra otros, dice el Señor. No dejaré que la lástima ni la misericordia los salve de la ruina total.
14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says Yahweh: “I will not pity, spare, or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.”’”
15 ¡Ay, si no fueran tan orgullosos y tercos! Entonces pondrían atención al Señor cuando les habla.
15 Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud, for Yahweh has spoken.
16 Ríndanle respeto al Señor su Dios antes que sea demasiado tarde, antes que haga caer sobre ustedes grandes nubarrones oscuros de modo que no puedan ver y tropiecen y caigan en los montes. Entonces, cuando busquen la luz sólo hallarán terrible oscuridad.
16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.
17 ¿Seguirán negándose a escuchar? Entonces mi corazón adolorido llorará en la soledad a causa de su terco orgullo. Se me llenarán de lágrimas los ojos porque el rebaño del Señor será llevado como esclavo lejos de su tierra.
17 But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because Yahweh’s flock has been taken captive.
18 Díganles al rey y a la reina madre: Bajen de sus tronos a sentarse en el polvo, porque su cabeza ha quedado sin su linda corona, han perdido su poder.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your crowns have come down, even the crown of your glory.
19 Las ciudades del sur han sido sitiadas por el enemigo. Y ahora todo el pueblo de Judá será llevado como esclavo a tierras lejanas.
19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is no one to open them. Judah is carried away captive: all of them. They are wholly carried away captive.
20 ¡Vean los ejércitos que marchan desde el norte! ¿Dónde está tu rebaño, Jerusalén, el hermoso rebaño que te di a apacentar?
20 Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
21 ¿Qué sentirás cuando apresen y castiguen a tus dirigentes, los líderes que habías preparado? Seguro te retorcerás de dolor como mujer que da a luz.
21 What will you say when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
22 Y si te preguntas: «¿Por qué me ocurre todo esto?», debes saber que es debido a lo grosero de tus pecados; por eso has sido violada y arruinada por el ejército invasor.
22 If you say in your heart, “Why have these things come on me?” Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity, and your heels suffer violence.
23 ¿Podrá el etíope cambiar el color oscuro de su piel? ¿O el leopardo quitarse sus manchas? Pues tampoco ustedes, pues están tan acostumbrados al mal, que son incapaces de comenzar a ser buenos.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
24 Por haberme sacado de sus pensamientos y por haber puesto su confianza en dioses falsos, yo los esparciré como si fueran paja arrebatada por uno de esos furiosos vientos que soplan en el desierto. Esto es pues lo que les toca, la suerte que les espera.
24 “Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
25 Not in this translation
25 This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says Yahweh, “because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”
26 Y todo debido que me dejaste y pusiste tu confianza en ídolos falsos.
26 Therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame will appear.
27 ¡Cuán bajo has caído, pueblo mío! Por todos lados hay señales de tu alejamiento de mí, tu deslealtad para conmigo y tu abominable culto a los ídolos en los campos y colinas. ¡Ay de ti, Jerusalén! ¿Cuándo podrás ser nuevamente pura?
27 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?”
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 13:11; Hebrews 1:1; Jeremiah 19:1; Ezekiel 4:1–5; Jeremiah 27:2
- 2 Ezekiel 2:8; John 15:14; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 20:2; John 13:6–7
- 3 Jeremiah 13:8
- 4 Jeremiah 51:63–64; Micah 4:10; Psalm 137:1
- 5 Exodus 40:16; Exodus 39:42–43; Hebrews 11:17–19; 2 Timothy 2:3; John 2:5–8
- 7 Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:12; Jeremiah 24:1–8; Luke 14:34–35; Zechariah 3:3–4
- 10 Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 16:12; Numbers 14:11; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Jeremiah 3:17
- 11 Exodus 19:5–6; Jeremiah 33:9; Isaiah 43:21; Psalm 81:11; Psalm 147:20
- 12 Ezekiel 24:19
- 13 Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 63:6; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 75:8; Jeremiah 25:27
- 14 Deuteronomy 29:20; Psalm 2:9; Isaiah 9:20–21; Jeremiah 19:9–11; Jeremiah 21:7
- 15 Isaiah 28:14–22; Revelation 2:29; Isaiah 42:23; Jeremiah 26:15; James 4:10
- 16 Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 8:22; Isaiah 60:2; Proverbs 4:19; Isaiah 5:30
- 17 Malachi 2:2; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 14:17; Romans 9:2–4; Luke 19:41–42
- 18 Jeremiah 22:26; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 24:15; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:19
- 19 Jeremiah 52:27; 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 52:30; Deuteronomy 28:52; Jeremiah 39:9
- 20 Jeremiah 6:22; Jeremiah 1:14; Habakkuk 1:6; Jeremiah 23:2; Jeremiah 10:22
- 21 Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 4:31; Isaiah 10:3; Jeremiah 38:22; Jeremiah 5:31
- 22 Nahum 3:5; Jeremiah 16:10–11; Jeremiah 5:19; Lamentations 1:8; Deuteronomy 7:17
- 23 Jeremiah 2:22; Jeremiah 9:5; Matthew 19:24–28; Jeremiah 17:9; Jeremiah 5:3
- 24 Psalm 1:4; Leviticus 26:33; Hosea 13:3; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 5:2
- 26 Hosea 2:10; Lamentations 1:8; Ezekiel 23:29; Ezekiel 16:37; Jeremiah 13:22
- 27 Ezekiel 24:13; Ezekiel 6:13; Hosea 8:5; Isaiah 65:7; 2 Corinthians 12:21
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What the Fathers said
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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).
For Jeremiah too calls the people "a girdle," and makes mention again of "bottles" and of "wine." Thus, the discourse being about gluttony and a table, He takes His illustrations from the same.
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