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1 Este es el mensaje del Señor contra Babilonia y los caldeos, proclamado por el profeta Jeremías:
1 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Dile a todo el mundo que Babilonia será destruida. No ahorren en medios para dar a conocer por todas partes la pronta destrucción de Babilonia. Sus dioses Marduc y Bel serán completamente avergonzados,
2 “Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’
3 pues contra Babilonia se lanzará desde el norte una nación que la arrasará de tal modo que nadie volverá a vivir en ella jamás. No quedará nada: habitantes y bestias saldrán huyendo.
3 For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal.
4 Entonces, sollozando, los pueblos de Israel y Judá se reunirán y buscarán al Señor su Dios.
4 “In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek Yahweh their God.
5 Preguntarán cuál es el camino a Sion y emprenderán el regreso. «Vamos», dirán, «unámonos al Señor en compromiso eterno que jamás volverá a ser quebrantado».
5 They will inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’
6 Como ovejas perdidas ha sido el pueblo mío. Sus pastores lo desviaron y abandonaron luego en los montes. Los israelitas se extraviaron y no supieron cómo volver al redil.
6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
7 Quienes los encontraban los devoraban, diciendo: «Tenemos permiso para atacarlos a nuestro antojo, porque han pecado contra el Señor, el Dios de justicia, la esperanza de sus antepasados».
7 All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’
8 Pero ahora, escapen de Babilonia, tierra de los caldeos; lleven a mi pueblo de regreso a su patria con la misma decisión que los machos cabríos guían a sus grupos.
8 “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
9 ¡Pues miren que yo levanto un ejército de naciones poderosas del norte y las lanzo al ataque contra Babilonia, la cual será destruida! ¡Las flechas enemigas dan en el blanco, no fallan!
9 For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.
10 Y Babilonia será saqueada hasta que todo el mundo quede satisfecho del botín, dice el Señor.
10 Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says Yahweh.
11 ¡Estuvieron alegres, caldeos, despojadores de mi pueblo, y están gordos como vacas que pastan en jugosos prados, y relinchan como caballos alegres!
11 “Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses,
12 ¡Pero su madre será abrumada de vergüenza, porque se convertirá en la nación más despreciable: en desierto, en tierra seca y estéril!
12 your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 Por la cólera del Señor Babilonia se convertirá en un paraje desierto, y cuantos por allí pasen se quedarán con la boca abierta y harán burla de todas sus heridas.
13 Because of Yahweh’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
14 ¡Sí, alístense para la batalla contra Babilonia todas las naciones del entorno! Disparen contra ella los arqueros; no economicen flechas, porque ha pecado contra el Señor.
14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh.
15 Griten contra ella de todos los rumbos. ¡Miren! ¡Ya se rinde! ¡Sus murallas se han derrumbado! ¡Ya se cumplió la venganza del Señor! ¡Hagan con ella como ella hizo con ustedes!
15 Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of Yahweh. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.
16 ¡Abandónenla todos los jornaleros, huyan a sus fincas conforme se acerca el enemigo!
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.
17 Como ovejas perseguidas por los leones son los israelitas. Primero los devoró el rey de Asiria, luego Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, les trituró los huesos.
17 “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
18 Por eso dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: ¡Ahora castigaré al rey de Babilonia y a su país, como castigué al rey de Asiria!
18 Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 Y traeré a Israel de regreso a su patria, para que coma en los campos del Carmelo y Basán, y vuelva a ser feliz en el monte de Efraín y en el de Galaad.
19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
20 ¡En aquellos días, dice el Señor, no se hallará pecado en Israel ni en Judá, porque yo perdonaré a los que hayan quedado, a quienes yo liberé!
20 In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
21 ¡Arriba, guerreros míos, contra la tierra de Meratayin y contra el pueblo de Pecod! ¡Sí, en marcha al ataque contra Babilonia, tierra de rebeldes, tierra que yo castigaré! ¡Destrúyanlos por completo como les he mandado!
21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says Yahweh, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
22 ¡Que se oiga en el país clamor de batalla, gritos de gran destrucción!, dice el Señor.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
23 Babilonia, el más poderoso martillo del mundo, está quebrada y esparcida por el suelo. ¡Derrotada entre las naciones está Babilonia!
23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
24 ¡Ay Babilonia, te puse trampa y caíste, porque luchaste contra el Señor!
24 I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against Yahweh.
25 El Señor abrió su arsenal y sacó armas para hacer estallar su coraje sobre sus enemigos. El terror que cae sobre Babilonia será obra de Dios, el Señor de los ejércitos.
25 Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 ¡Sí, vengan contra ella desde tierras lejanas, irrumpan en sus graneros, derriben sus murallas y casas hasta convertirlas en un montón de ruinas y la arrasen por completo! ¡Que no quede nada en pie,
26 Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.
27 ni siquiera su ganado! ¡Ay de ellos también! ¡Mueran todos, porque ha llegado la hora de que Babilonia sea devastada!
27 Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
28 Pero mi pueblo será librado; escaparán para regresar a su patria y contar cómo el Señor Dios suyo se lanzó furioso contra quienes destruyeron su templo.
28 Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 Manda a llamar arqueros que vengan contra Babilonia; rodea la ciudad para que nadie pueda escapar. Haz con ella como ella hizo con otros, pues envalentonada desafió al Señor, al Santo de Israel.
29 “Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Sus muchachos más valiosos caerán en la calle y morirán; todos sus guerreros serán muertos, dice el Señor.
30 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh.
31 No les quede la menor duda: ¡Yo estoy contra ti, pueblo orgulloso, ya te llegó tu hora, pueblo famoso por tu insolencia!
31 “Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
32 ¡Patria del orgullo, tropezarás y caerás y no habrá quien te levante, porque el Señor encenderá un fuego en las ciudades de Babilonia que consumirá cuanto hay en torno!
32 The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”
33 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: Injustamente han sido tratados los pueblos de Israel y Judá. Quienes los esclavizaron se niegan a dejarles en libertad.
33 Yahweh of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
34 Pero el Liberador de ellos es fuerte. Se llama Señor de los ejércitos. Él será su abogado y se encargará de que obtengan libertad y regresen a vivir tranquilos en Israel. ¡Pero los babilonios no tendrán reposo!
34 Their Redeemer is strong. Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 La guerra destructora caerá sobre los caldeos, dice el Señor. Caerá la guerra sobre el pueblo de Babilonia sin que se libren ni sus príncipes ni sus sabios.
35 “A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says Yahweh, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.
36 ¡Todos sus prudentes consejeros resultarán necios! ¡Habrá pánico entre todos sus más valientes guerreros!
36 A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
37 La guerra consumirá sus caballos y sus carros de guerra, y sus aliados extranjeros serán débiles como mujeres. Será despojado de todos sus tesoros,
37 A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
38 y hasta el agua le faltará. ¿Y por qué? ¡Porque todo el país está lleno de idolatría y el pueblo está locamente enamorado de sus ídolos!
38 A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
39 Por lo tanto, esta ciudad de Babilonia se convertirá en morada de avestruces y chacales, será guarida de alimañas del desierto. Jamás volverá a ser habitada por seres humanos; quedará desolada para siempre.
39 Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.
40 El Señor anuncia que destruirá a Babilonia como destruyó a Sodoma, Gomorra y sus pueblos aledaños. Nadie volvió a vivir en ellos jamás, así como tampoco nadie volverá a vivir en Babilonia.
40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
41 ¡Allá vienen! ¡Es un gran ejército que marcha desde el norte! Lo acompañan muchos reyes venidos desde diversos países.
41 “Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
42 Armados hasta los dientes, vienen a la matanza; son crueles e implacables; su grito de guerra retumba como el mar que se estrella contra las rocas. ¡Ay Babilonia, vienen en sus carros de guerra a presentarte batalla!
42 They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
43 Cuando recibió el mensaje, el rey de Babilonia dejó impotente caer los brazos; el terror le produjo dolores como de mujer a punto de dar a luz.
43 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.
44 Enviaré contra ellos un invasor que los atacará de pronto, como si fuera un león de los bosques de Jordania que se lanza sobre las ovejas en el prado. Pondré en fuga a sus defensores y haré que los gobierne alguien que yo elija. ¿Quién como yo? ¿Qué gobernante puede llevarme la contraria? ¿Quién puede pedirme cuentas?
44 Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”
45 Oigan el plan del Señor contra Babilonia, tierra de los caldeos. Porque hasta los niñitos serán llevados como esclavos, y sus posesiones serán saqueadas y destruidas. ¡Qué espanto! ¡Qué horror!
45 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
46 ¡El mundo entero se estremecerá por la caída de Babilonia, y su grito desesperado se oirá por toda la tierra!
46 The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard among the nations.
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 25:26–27; Isaiah 13:1–3; Jeremiah 51:1–14; 2 Samuel 23:2; Isaiah 47:1–15
- 2 Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremiah 51:47; Isaiah 12:4
- 3 Zephaniah 1:3; Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 51:62; Isaiah 14:22–24
- 4 Hosea 3:5; Jeremiah 31:31; Hosea 1:11; Isaiah 11:12–13; Jeremiah 50:19–20
- 5 Jeremiah 32:40; Isaiah 35:8; Jeremiah 6:16; Hebrews 8:6–10; Isaiah 55:3
- 6 Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:6; Ezekiel 34:14; Jeremiah 50:17
- 7 Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 14:8; Zechariah 11:5; Jeremiah 40:2–3; Jeremiah 31:23
- 8 Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:6; Revelation 18:4; Jeremiah 51:45; Proverbs 30:31
- 9 Isaiah 13:17–18; Jeremiah 50:26; Jeremiah 50:14; Jeremiah 51:27–28; Jeremiah 51:11
- 10 Jeremiah 25:12; Isaiah 45:3; Jeremiah 27:7; Isaiah 33:23; Isaiah 33:4
- 11 Isaiah 47:6; Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 5:8; Jeremiah 46:21
- 12 Jeremiah 51:43; Jeremiah 50:35–40; Revelation 17:5; Galatians 4:26; Jeremiah 49:2
- 13 Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 49:17; Habakkuk 2:6–18; Lamentations 2:15–16; Job 27:23
- 14 Jeremiah 50:29; Habakkuk 2:17; Jeremiah 50:9; 1 Samuel 17:20; Habakkuk 2:8
- 15 Jeremiah 51:58; Revelation 18:6; Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 46:10; 1 Chronicles 29:24
- 16 Jeremiah 51:9; Jeremiah 46:16; Isaiah 13:14; Joel 1:11; Jeremiah 25:38
- 17 Jeremiah 2:15; John 10:10–12; Joel 3:2; 2 Kings 18:9–13; 1 Peter 2:25
- 18 Nahum 1:1–3; Isaiah 10:12; Zephaniah 2:13–15; Isaiah 37:36–38; Ezekiel 31:3–17
- 19 Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 31:8–10; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:14; Jeremiah 23:3
- 20 Micah 7:19; Jeremiah 31:34; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 1:9; Hebrews 10:17–18
- 21 Ezekiel 23:23; 2 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 15:11–24; Jeremiah 48:10; Jeremiah 50:9
- 22 Jeremiah 4:19–21; Jeremiah 51:54–56; Isaiah 21:2–4
- 23 Jeremiah 51:20–24; Revelation 18:16; Isaiah 14:4–6; Isaiah 14:12–17
- 24 Daniel 5:30–31; Job 9:4; Job 40:9; Job 40:2; Isaiah 45:9
- 25 Jeremiah 51:55; Jeremiah 51:25; Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 51:20
- 26 Isaiah 14:23; Jeremiah 50:10; Isaiah 45:3; Jeremiah 50:23; Jeremiah 50:13
- 27 Jeremiah 46:21; Isaiah 34:7; Psalm 37:13; Psalm 22:12; Jeremiah 48:44
- 28 Lamentations 1:10; Jeremiah 50:15; Isaiah 48:20; Lamentations 2:6–7; Daniel 5:23
- 29 Isaiah 47:10; Jeremiah 51:56; Jeremiah 50:14–15; Daniel 4:37; Exodus 10:3
- 30 Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 9:21; Isaiah 13:15–18; Jeremiah 50:36
- 31 Jeremiah 21:13; Jeremiah 50:29; Nahum 2:13; Habakkuk 2:4–5; James 4:6
- 32 Jeremiah 21:14; Jeremiah 49:27; Isaiah 10:12–15; Amos 2:5; Revelation 18:8
- 33 Exodus 9:2–3; Isaiah 14:17; Isaiah 58:6; Exodus 9:17–18; Jeremiah 50:17–18
- 34 Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 15:21; Isaiah 47:4; Isaiah 41:14; Jeremiah 51:36
- 35 Jeremiah 47:6; Hosea 11:6; Daniel 5:30; Daniel 5:1–2; Jeremiah 51:57
- 36 Jeremiah 49:22; Isaiah 44:25; Nahum 3:13; Revelation 22:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
- 37 Jeremiah 51:30; Nahum 3:13; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 51:21; Jeremiah 48:41
- 38 Jeremiah 50:2; Isaiah 44:27; Revelation 16:12; Jeremiah 51:52; Jeremiah 51:47
- 39 Isaiah 13:20–22; Revelation 18:2; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 50:12–13; Jeremiah 51:62–64
- 40 Genesis 19:24–25; Luke 17:28–30; Jeremiah 49:18; 2 Peter 2:6; Isaiah 13:19–20
- 41 Jeremiah 51:27–28; Isaiah 13:2–5; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 6:22–23; Revelation 17:16
- 42 Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 13:17–18; Isaiah 47:6; Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 8:16
- 43 Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 51:31; Daniel 5:5–6; Isaiah 13:6–8; Isaiah 21:3–4
- 44 Jeremiah 49:19–21; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 46:9; Isaiah 41:25
- 45 Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 51:10–11; Ephesians 1:11; Revelation 17:16–17; Isaiah 14:24–27
- 46 Jeremiah 49:21; Revelation 18:9–19; Ezekiel 26:18; Ezekiel 31:16; Isaiah 14:9–10
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I am to speak against persons who pride themselves on their eloquence; so, to begin with a text of Scripture, "Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one," not only in thy system of teaching, but also in thy hearing, and in thy tone of mind.
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