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1 Entonces, dice el Señor, el enemigo abrirá las tumbas de los reyes de Judá y de los príncipes, sacerdotes, profetas y de la gente común del pueblo.
1 “At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
2 Desenterrará sus huesos y los esparcirá por la tierra ante el sol, la luna y las estrellas, ¡dioses de mi pueblo, a quienes ellos han amado y adorado! Sus huesos no volverán a recogerse ni a enterrarse sino que serán esparcidos como estiércol en la tierra.
2 They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
3 Y los que de esta malvada nación queden aún con vida anhelarán la muerte antes que vivir en donde yo los dejaré abandonados, dice el Señor de los ejércitos.
3 Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says Yahweh of Armies.
4 Y dales también este mensaje del Señor: Cuando alguien cae se levanta inmediatamente. Cuando va por senda equivocada y descubre su error, retrocede al punto donde se equivocó. Pero este pueblo sigue actuando equivocadamente, por más que yo lo prevenga. No quieren cambiar, aferrándose a su conducta idolátrica.
4 “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
5 Not in this translation
5 Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
6 Escucho su conversación, y ¿qué oigo? ¿Hay quien lamente haber pecado? ¿Hay quien diga: «¡Qué terrible lo que hice!»? ¡No, todos viven felices en medio de sus actos malvados! ¡Hasta se me figuran caballos desbocados cuando perdieron al jinete en medio de la batalla!
6 I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
7 Y es que hasta la cigüeña conoce el tiempo de su migración, así como la tórtola, la grulla y la golondrina. Cada año retornan en el tiempo que Dios les ha fijado; ¡pero no así mi pueblo! No aceptan la guía que ofrecen las leyes de Dios.
7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.
8 ¿Cómo pueden decir: «Las leyes del Señor entendemos», cuando sus maestros las han torcido, dándoles interpretaciones contrarias a lo que yo dije?
8 “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
9 Por esta falsificación calculada serán avergonzados con el cautiverio estos que se creen sabios maestros, pues han rechazado la palabra del Señor. ¡Y eso que se creen tan sabios!
9 The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
10 Entregaré a otros sus esposas y propiedades, pues todos ellos, grandes y pequeños, profetas y sacerdotes, tienen un sólo propósito: adueñarse de lo que no les pertenece.
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 Recetan medicina inútil para las dolorosas heridas de mi pueblo, pues le aseguran que todo va bien cuando es totalmente lo contrario.
11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
12 ¿Se avergüenzan acaso de las horribles cosas que hacen? ¡No, en absoluto, ni siquiera se ruborizan! Por eso me encargaré de que caigan y sean avergonzados. Yo mismo les acarrearé la muerte.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.
13 Sus higos y uvas desaparecieron, sus árboles frutales se secaron y todos los bienes que llegaron a tener se esfumaron. Y fui yo quien provoqué sus pérdidas.
13 “‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
14 Entonces el pueblo dirá: «¿Para qué esperar a morir aquí? Vengan, vamos a las ciudades protegidas y perezcamos allá. Porque el Señor Dios nuestro nos ha condenado a muerte y nos ha dado a beber copa de veneno por todas nuestras maldades.
14 “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
15 Esperábamos paz, y paz no hubo; buscábamos salud, y sólo hallamos desgracia».
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
16 Se escucha gran escándalo de guerra viniendo del norte. Todo el mundo se llena de espanto al acercarse el terrible ejército, pues viene el enemigo y a su paso acaba con todo cuanto halla, ciudades y gente por igual.
16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
17 Porque yo enviaré contra ustedes estos ejércitos enemigos como serpientes venenosas a las que no pueden engañar. Hagan lo que hagan, los atacarán y morirán.
17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.
18 ¡No hay consuelo para mi tristeza; tengo el corazón lleno de dolor!
18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 Escuchen el llanto de mi pueblo por toda la tierra: «¿En dónde está el Señor?», preguntan, «¿nos ha abandonado Dios?». ¡Ay! ¿Por qué me han provocado con sus ídolos labrados y sus perversos ritos extraños?, responde el Señor.
19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
20 Pasó la cosecha, se fue el verano y nosotros seguimos esperando nuestra salvación.
20 “The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 Lloro por la herida de mi pueblo; estoy atónito, silencioso, mudo de dolor.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
22 ¿No hay remedio en Galaad? ¿No hay allí médico? ¿Por qué no hace Dios algo? ¿Por qué no nos brinda su auxilio?
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 6:5; 2 Chronicles 34:4–5; 2 Kings 23:20; 2 Kings 23:16; 1 Kings 13:2
- 2 2 Kings 23:5; Deuteronomy 4:19; Zephaniah 1:5; Jeremiah 9:22; Acts 7:42
- 3 Revelation 9:6; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 23:3; Deuteronomy 30:4
- 4 Proverbs 24:16; Micah 7:8; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 3:1; Hosea 6:1
- 6 Psalm 14:2; Ezekiel 18:28; Luke 15:17–19; 2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 30:18
- 7 Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 5:4–5; Isaiah 5:12; Proverbs 6:6–8; Song of Songs 2:12
- 8 John 9:41; Isaiah 10:1–2; Job 5:12–13; Matthew 15:6; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
- 9 Psalm 119:98–100; Job 5:12; Jeremiah 6:15; Psalm 19:7; Isaiah 19:11
- 10 Jeremiah 6:12–13; Ezekiel 33:31; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Ezekiel 22:27–28
- 11 Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 13:10–16; Jeremiah 28:3–9; Jeremiah 27:9–10; Lamentations 2:14
- 12 Jeremiah 3:3; Isaiah 3:9; Deuteronomy 32:35; Jeremiah 6:15; Psalm 52:7
- 13 Matthew 21:19; Joel 1:7; Psalm 1:3–4; Jeremiah 17:8; Haggai 2:17
- 14 Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 9:15; Psalm 69:21; Jeremiah 35:11; Lamentations 3:19
- 15 Jeremiah 14:19; Micah 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 8:11
- 16 Judges 5:22; 1 Corinthians 10:28; Judges 18:29; Jeremiah 4:15–16; Judges 20:1
- 17 Psalm 58:4–5; Ecclesiastes 10:11; Deuteronomy 32:24; Isaiah 14:29; Numbers 21:6
- 18 Jeremiah 6:24; Lamentations 1:16–17; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 5:17; Jeremiah 10:19–22
- 19 Isaiah 39:3; Isaiah 13:5; Revelation 2:1; Jeremiah 14:19; Isaiah 33:22
- 20 Luke 13:25; Proverbs 10:5; Matthew 25:1–12; Luke 19:44; Hebrews 3:7–15
- 21 Jeremiah 14:17; Nahum 2:10; Joel 2:6; Song of Songs 1:5–6; Psalm 137:3–6
- 22 Jeremiah 46:11; Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 51:8; Jeremiah 30:12–17; Luke 8:43
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