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1 Hay una ley según la cual quien se divorcia de una mujer que luego se casa con otro, no debe volver a tomarla, pues ella queda mancillada. Pero aunque tú me has abandonado y te has juntado con muchos amantes, yo te he instado a que vuelvas a mí, dice el Señor.
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
2 ¿Habrá en todo el país sitio en que no hayas sido deshonrada por tus adulterios, es decir, tu adoración de esos otros dioses? Te sientas como prostituta en espera de cliente al lado del camino. Te sientas sola como acostumbran hacerlo los beduinos del desierto. Has corrompido la tierra con tu indigna prostitución.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
3 Por eso han faltado hasta las lluvias de primavera, porque tú eres una coqueta del todo desvergonzada.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
4 Y sin embargo me dices: «¡Oh Padre, tú siempre has sido amigo mío, de seguro no estarás enojado por una pequeñez así, de seguro la olvidarás!». Eso dices y prosigues haciendo todo el mal que puedes. Se han acumulado sin fin los delitos que has cometido.
4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
5 Not in this translation
5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
6 Este comunicado del Señor me llegó durante el reinado del rey Josías: ¿Has visto lo que hace Israel? Se comporta como esposa infiel que se entrega a otros hombres cada vez que puede, pues es semejante lo que hace Israel al rendirle homenaje a otros dioses en cualquier colina, debajo de cada árbol frondoso.
6 Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
7 Yo pensaba que algún día retornaría a mí y volvería a ser mía; pero no regresó. Y su infiel hermana Judá vio la permanente rebelión de Israel,
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 pero no puso atención aunque vio que yo me divorcié de la infiel Israel. Ahora también Judá me ha dejado y se ha entregado a la prostitución, pues ha acudido a otros dioses para adorarlos.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 No le dio ninguna importancia al asunto; para ella no era nada adorar ídolos de madera y piedra, y así la tierra se contaminó y se corrompió grandemente como consecuencia de estas conductas reprobables.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
10 Luego, más tarde, esta infiel «regresó» a mí, pero su «arrepentimiento» era fingido, dice el Señor.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
11 En realidad la infiel Israel es menos culpable que la traidora Judá.
11 Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12 Por lo tanto ve y dile a Israel: ¡Oh Israel, pueblo mío pecador, vuelve a mí, pues soy misericordioso; no estaré eternamente enojado contigo, dice el Señor, porque mi capacidad de perdonar es muy grande!
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
13 Basta con que reconozcas tu culpa, reconoce que te rebelaste contra el Señor tu Dios y cometiste adulterio contra él, adorando ídolos debajo de cada árbol; confiesa que te negaste a seguir mis instrucciones, dice el Señor.
13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh.
14 ¡Oh hijos que se han alejado de mí, regresen, pues yo soy su Señor y quiero llevarlos de regreso a la tierra de Israel, uno de aquí, otro de allá, en dondequiera que estén esparcidos,
14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 y les daré líderes bien probados que los guíen con sabiduría y comprensión!
15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Entonces, cuando su tierra esté nuevamente poblada, dice el Señor, ya no suspirarán por «los buenos tiempos que fueron» cuando tenían el cofre del pacto de Dios. No echarán de menos aquellos días y ni siquiera pensarán en ellos, y el cofre no será reconstruido,
16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
17 porque el Señor mismo estará entre ustedes, y toda la ciudad de Jerusalén será conocida como el Trono del Señor, y todas las naciones acudirán a él allá y no seguirán empecinadas en sus malos propósitos.
17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18 En aquel tiempo los pueblos de Judá e Israel volverán juntos de su cautiverio desde el norte a la tierra que yo di a sus antepasados como herencia para siempre.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
19 Y yo di a conocer mi propósito de adoptarles como mi hijo. Tracé planes de darles parte de esta hermosa tierra, la mejor del mundo. Esperaba ilusionado que me llamaran «Padre», y creía que nunca volverían a abandonarme.
19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
20 Pero me han traicionado; se han alejado, entregándose a una hueste de dioses extraños; fueron como esposa infiel que abandona a su marido, dice el Señor.
20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
21 En lo alto de los montes que el viento azota oigo voces que gritan a todo pulmón. Son los hijos de Israel que le dieron la espalda al Señor su Dios y se alejaron.
21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
22 ¡Oh rebeldes hijos míos, vuélvanse a mí y yo los aliviaré del dolor provocado por sus delitos! Y ellos responden: «¡Sí, volveremos, pues tú eres el Señor Dios nuestro!
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
23 Hartos estamos de adorar ídolos en las colinas y de celebrar orgías en los montes. Todo esto es sólo farsa. Sólo en el Señor nuestro Dios podrá Israel hallar auxilio y salvación, ahora lo entendemos.
23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
24 Desde nuestra niñez hemos visto cuanto nuestros antepasados tenían (rebaños, ganado, hijos e hijas) derrochado en sacerdotes e ídolos, y ahora vemos que por causa de la idolatría lo hemos perdido todo.
24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Aceptemos nuestra vergüenza y deshonra, que desde nuestra niñez nosotros y nuestros antepasados hemos pecado contra el Señor nuestro Dios, y que no le hemos obedecido».
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 24:1–4; Ezekiel 16:26; Jeremiah 4:1; Ezekiel 23:4–49; Jeremiah 2:20
- 2 Ezekiel 16:24–25; Genesis 38:14; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 8:4–6; Jeremiah 2:20
- 3 Leviticus 26:19; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 4:7; Deuteronomy 28:23
- 4 Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 31:9; Proverbs 2:17; Hosea 2:15
- 6 Ezekiel 16:31; 2 Kings 17:7–17; 1 Kings 14:23; Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 3:11–14
- 7 Ezekiel 16:46; 2 Chronicles 30:6–12; Hosea 14:1; 2 Kings 17:13–14; Hosea 6:1–4
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:1; 2 Kings 18:9–11; Hosea 2:2–3; Isaiah 50:1; Hosea 3:4
- 9 Jeremiah 2:27; Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 3:2; Habakkuk 2:19; Jeremiah 10:8
- 10 Hosea 7:14; Jeremiah 12:2; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 10:6; 2 Chronicles 34:33–35:18
- 11 Ezekiel 23:11; Ezekiel 16:51–52; Hosea 11:7; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 4:16
- 12 Psalm 86:15; Ezekiel 33:11; Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Jeremiah 3:22; Micah 7:18–20
- 13 Jeremiah 3:25; Deuteronomy 30:1–3; Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 2:25
- 14 Hosea 2:19–20; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 31:32; Isaiah 54:5; Ezekiel 34:11–14
- 15 Jeremiah 23:4; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11–12; Ezekiel 34:23; John 21:15–17
- 16 Amos 9:14–15; Ezekiel 37:26; Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:1–2; Hosea 1:10–11
- 17 Ezekiel 43:7; Micah 4:1–5; Jeremiah 17:12; Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 18 Jeremiah 31:8; Amos 9:15; Jeremiah 23:8; Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 50:4
- 19 Jeremiah 3:4; Romans 8:15–17; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16; 1 John 3:1–3
- 20 Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 3:8–10; Malachi 2:11; Hosea 5:7
- 21 2 Corinthians 7:10; Jeremiah 3:2; Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 17:10
- 22 Hosea 14:4; Hosea 14:1; Zechariah 13:9; Jeremiah 30:17; Hosea 6:1–2
- 23 Psalm 121:1–2; Psalm 3:8; Isaiah 12:2; John 4:22; Hosea 1:7
- 24 Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13; Ezekiel 16:61; Hosea 2:8; Ezekiel 16:63
- 25 Jeremiah 22:21; Lamentations 5:16; Proverbs 5:13; Ezekiel 7:18; Jeremiah 2:26
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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).
Hear what God saith unto Jerusalem, "I said, after she had committed all these whoredoms, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." When we have come back unto the earnest love of God, He remembers not the former things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Which He doth in the prophets also, using these words, "I said, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." Then having called her, He tells also her blood-stained deeds, "Thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, and ye would not," in this way also …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)