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1 Otro mensaje que Jeremías recibió del Señor:
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 ¡Baja al taller donde hacen ollas y tinajas, que allí te comunicaré mi mensaje!
2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
3 Hice como el Señor me pidió, y encontré al alfarero trabajando en su torno.
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
4 Pero la tinaja que estaba haciendo no le salió como quería; entonces la redujo a una bola de arcilla y de nuevo comenzó a darle forma.
4 When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Entonces el Señor dijo:
5 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
6 Oh Israel, ¿acaso no puedo yo hacer contigo lo que este alfarero hace con su arcilla? Como la arcilla en las manos del alfarero, así estás tú en mis manos.
6 “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7 Siempre que anuncie yo que una nación ha de ser tomada y destruida,
7 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8 si esa nación se aparta de su mala conducta, no la destruiré según había planeado.
8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 Y si anuncio que determinada nación será fortalecida y engrandecida,
9 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 pero ella cambia de actitud, empieza a cometer maldades y rehúsa obedecerme, también yo cambiaré de actitud y no bendeciré a esa nación como lo había dicho.
10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11 Ve por tanto y adviértele a todo Judá y Jerusalén diciendo: Oigan la palabra del Señor: Estoy planeando hacerles mucho mal en vez de otorgarles beneficios; apártense de su mala conducta y hagan lo bueno.
11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
12 Pero ellos replicaron: «No pierdas tu tiempo. No tenemos ninguna intención de hacer lo que Dios dice. Seguiremos viviendo como nos dé la gana, libres de todo lo que nos frene, así nos sentimos bien».
12 But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
13 Luego el Señor dijo: ¡Ni entre los paganos se oyó jamás cosa tal! Mi pueblo ha hecho algo tan espantoso que no se entiende.
13 Therefore Yahweh says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 En lo alto del Líbano jamás se derrite la nieve. Las frías corrientes que manan de las grietas del monte Hermón jamás se secan.
14 Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 En eso se puede confiar porque pasa con regularidad, pero no en mi pueblo. Porque me han abandonado y puesto su confianza en ídolos que no sirven para nada. Se han alejado de una vida honesta y ahora viven dedicados a cometer toda clase de delitos.
15 For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
16 Por lo tanto su tierra será desolada, de modo que cuantos pasen por allí abrirán la boca y moverán la cabeza asombrados al ver tanta destrucción.
16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Esparciré a mi pueblo ante sus enemigos como el viento del este esparce el polvo. Y cuando estén atribulados les volveré la espalda y rehusaré poner atención a su desesperación.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Entonces el pueblo dijo: «Vamos, librémonos de Jeremías. Nosotros tenemos sacerdotes, sabios y profetas, no necesitamos su consejo. Acallémoslo para que no hable más contra nosotros ni nos vuelva a molestar».
18 Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
19 ¡Oh Señor, ayúdame! ¡Mira lo que traman contra mí!
19 Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 ¿Habrán de pagarme mal por bien? Han armado una emboscada para matarme, por más que yo te haya hablado bien de ellos y haya procurado defenderlos de tu cólera.
20 Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Ahora, Señor, ¡mi deseo es que mueran de hambre sus hijos y les caigan encima guerras terribles! ¡Que queden viudas sus mujeres y pierdan todos sus hijos! ¡Que mueran sus hombres por la peste y sus muchachos en la batalla!
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
22 Deseo que se escuche en todas sus casas llanto amargo mientras súbitamente son asaltadas por los soldados, pues cavaron un hoyo para que yo cayera en él y han puesto trampas ocultas para atraparme y darme muerte.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
23 Señor, tú conoces todos sus planes homicidas en contra mía. No los perdones, no te hagas el disimulado ante tanta perversidad, sino hazlos morir ante tu presencia. ¡Encárgate de ellos como se merecen!
23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Hebrews 1:1; Acts 9:6; Jeremiah 23:22; Jeremiah 19:1–2; Ezekiel 4:1–5
- 3 John 15:14; Jonah 1:3; Acts 26:19
- 4 Romans 9:20–23; Jeremiah 18:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 6 Isaiah 64:8; Romans 9:20–21; Jeremiah 18:4; Isaiah 45:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 12:14–17; Jeremiah 45:4; Jonah 3:4; Amos 9:8
- 8 Ezekiel 18:21; Jeremiah 26:13; Jonah 3:9–10; Hosea 11:8; Jeremiah 26:3
- 9 Jeremiah 31:28; Amos 9:11–15; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 30:18
- 10 1 Samuel 2:30; Ezekiel 33:18; 1 Samuel 13:13; Ezekiel 18:24; 1 Samuel 15:11
- 11 2 Kings 17:13; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 7:3; Isaiah 1:16–19
- 12 Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 7:24; Deuteronomy 29:19; Isaiah 57:10
- 13 Jeremiah 5:30; Isaiah 66:8; Jeremiah 23:14; Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 2:10–13
- 14 John 6:68
- 15 Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 57:14; Hosea 11:2; Malachi 2:8
- 16 Psalm 22:7; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 19:8; Micah 6:16; Jeremiah 50:13
- 17 Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 2:27; Hosea 13:15; Job 27:21; Psalm 48:7
- 18 Psalm 52:2; Jeremiah 11:19; Malachi 2:7; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 13:13–14
- 19 Nehemiah 6:9; Psalm 55:16–17; Micah 7:8; Psalm 109:28; Jeremiah 20:12
- 20 Psalm 35:7; Psalm 57:6; Psalm 106:23; Psalm 35:12; 1 Samuel 24:17–19
- 21 Psalm 109:9–20; Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 16:3–4; Amos 4:10
- 22 Jeremiah 6:26; Psalm 140:5; Zephaniah 1:10–11; Jeremiah 25:34–36; Isaiah 10:30
- 23 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:22–28; Psalm 109:14–15; Isaiah 2:9; Nehemiah 4:4–5
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) power, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?" Here it is not to do away with free-will that he says this, but to show, up to what point we ought to obey God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and kingdom to build and to plant it; and if they do evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, I also will repent of the good, which I said I would do unto them." For the same custom do I observe with respect to the good things as well, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)