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1 Este es el mensaje que el Señor le comunicó al sacerdote Jeremías, hijo de Jilquías, quien vivió en el pueblo de Anatot en la provincia de Benjamín.
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2 Recibió el primero de los mensajes de parte de Dios en el año trece del reinado de Josías, hijo de Amón, rey de Judá.
2 Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 Recibió otros durante el reinado de Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, y posteriormente en diversas ocasiones hasta el mes de julio en el año once del reinado de Sedequías, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, cuando la población de Jerusalén fue llevada cautiva a Babilonia.
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 El Señor me dijo:
4 Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
5 Yo había determinado tu futuro desde que te estabas formando en el vientre de tu madre; antes que nacieras te escogí y te consagré como vocero mío ante el mundo.
5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 «¡Oh Señor Dios», dije yo, «no puedo hacer eso! ¡No soy más que un muchacho! ¡Ni siquiera puedo hablar con soltura!».
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
7 No digas eso, respondió el Señor, pues tú irás a dondequiera que yo te envíe y anunciarás lo que yo te diga.
7 But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
8 Y no le tengas miedo al pueblo, porque yo, el Señor, estaré contigo y te libraré en caso de peligro.
8 Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
9 Luego el Señor me tocó la boca y dijo: Mira, te he dado la capacidad de comunicar mis mensajes.
9 Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 Hoy comienza tu trabajo: prevenir a las naciones y a los pueblos del mundo. De acuerdo con mis palabras, expresadas por tu boca, yo derribaré a unos y los destruiré, y plantaré y cuidaré a otros, los fortaleceré y los engrandeceré.
10 Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
11 Luego el Señor me dijo: Mira, Jeremías, ¿qué ves? Y yo respondí: Veo una rama de almendro.
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12 Y el Señor respondió: Eso es, y significa que sin duda alguna ejecutaré mis amenazas de castigo.
12 Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
13 Luego me preguntó: ¿Qué ves ahora? Y yo respondí: Veo una vasija de agua hirviendo que se ladea hacia el sur.
13 Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”
14 Sí, dijo, porque del norte caerá un terror hirviendo sobre todos los pueblos de esta tierra.
14 Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
15 Yo llamo a los ejércitos de los países del norte para que se lancen sobre Jerusalén y la rodeen con sus ejércitos, y que hagan lo mismo con todas las demás ciudades de Judá.
15 For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 Así castigaré a mi pueblo por haberme abandonado y por rendirles homenaje a otros dioses, que son sólo ídolos hechos por sus propias manos.
16 I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17 Así que levántate, vístete y ve a decirles cuanto yo te mande. No les tengas miedo, mantén una postura firme ante ellos.
17 “You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
18 Mira, hoy te vuelvo inexpugnable a todos sus ataques, no pueden dañarte. Yo te doy una gran fuerza como si fueras ciudad llena de torres defensivas que no puede ser conquistada, como si fueras una columna de hierro o fuerte puerta de bronce. Todos los reyes de Judá, sus funcionarios, sacerdotes y habitantes no podrán nada contra ti.
18 For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
19 Van a intentar acabar contigo, pero fracasarán porque yo estoy contigo, dice el Señor. Yo te libraré.
19 They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”
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Hilkiah
One of the priests at Anathoth, named as the father of the prophet Jeremiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 1:1
Cross references (19)
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- 1 1 Chronicles 6:60; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Ezekiel 1:3; Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 32:7–9
- 2 1 Kings 13:20; Jonah 1:1; Jeremiah 1:11; Hosea 1:1; Micah 1:1
- 3 Jeremiah 39:2; 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:5–8; Zechariah 7:5; Jeremiah 21:1–14
- 4 Ezekiel 3:16; Ezekiel 1:3; Jeremiah 1:2
- 5 Psalm 139:16; Isaiah 49:1; Galatians 1:15–16; Psalm 71:5–6; Romans 8:29
- 6 Exodus 4:10–16; Exodus 6:12; 1 Kings 3:7–9; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 14:13
- 7 Ezekiel 3:27; Mark 16:15–16; Numbers 22:20; Ezekiel 3:17–21; 2 Chronicles 18:13
- 8 Joshua 1:5; Joshua 1:9; Luke 12:4–5; Isaiah 51:7; Deuteronomy 31:6
- 9 Luke 21:15; Exodus 4:11–12; Luke 12:12; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 50:4
- 10 Jeremiah 31:28; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Isaiah 44:26–28; Jeremiah 31:4–5; Jeremiah 24:6
- 11 Amos 7:8; Amos 8:2; Zechariah 5:2; Jeremiah 24:3; Zechariah 4:2
- 12 Ezekiel 12:28; Ezekiel 12:25; Ezekiel 12:22–23; Luke 10:28; Amos 8:2
- 13 Ezekiel 11:7; Ezekiel 11:3; Zechariah 4:2; 2 Corinthians 13:1–2; Ezekiel 24:3–14
- 14 Jeremiah 6:1; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 4:6; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 6:22
- 15 Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 43:10; Jeremiah 10:25
- 16 Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 19:4; Deuteronomy 28:20; Acts 7:41; Isaiah 2:8
- 17 1 Kings 18:46; Jeremiah 1:7–8; Luke 12:35; 1 Peter 1:13; Ezekiel 3:14–18
- 18 Isaiah 50:7; Ezekiel 3:8–9; Jeremiah 15:20; Jeremiah 6:27; Micah 3:8–9
- 19 Joshua 1:9; Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 129:2; Jeremiah 29:25–32
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Now, that the Word of God forms us in the womb, He says to Jeremiah, "Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee; and before thou wentest forth from the belly, I sanctified thee, and appointed thee a prophet among the nations." And Paul, too, says in like manner, "But when it pleased God, who separated me from …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Jeremiah was sanctified, but did not prophesy, in the womb: John alone while carried in the womb leaped for joy, and though he saw not with the eyes of flesh, knew his Master by the Spirit: for since the grace of Baptism was great, it required greatness in its founder also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
But in the saying addressed to Jeremiah, "See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down," there is no doubt the whole of the language is figurative, and to be referred to the end I have spoken of.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
The Lord saith unto Jeremiah: Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)