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1 En el tiempo que viene, cuando yo restaure la prosperidad de Judá y Jerusalén,
1 “For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 juntaré los ejércitos del mundo en el valle de Josafat. Allí los juzgaré y castigaré por haber hecho daño a mi pueblo, por haberlo esparcido entre las naciones y haber repartido mi tierra.
2 I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
3 Los menospreciaron tanto que echaron suertes para repartirse a mi pueblo, cambiaron a un jovencito por una prostituta, y a una niña por suficiente vino para emborracharse.
3 and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4 ¡Tiro y Sidón, no traten de meterse en este asunto! ¿Están tratando de vengarse de mí, ustedes ciudades de Filistea? ¡Cuidado, pues yo me desquitaré rápidamente y devolveré el mal que quieren hacer sobre sus propias cabezas!
4 “Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
5 Han tomado mi plata, mi oro y todos mis tesoros preciosos, y los han llevado a sus templos paganos.
5 Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
6 Han vendido al pueblo de Judá y Jerusalén a los griegos, quienes se los llevaron cautivos lejos de su propia tierra.
6 and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.
7 Pero yo los traeré de vuelta de todos estos lugares a donde los han vendido, y ajustaré cuentas con ustedes, por todo lo que han hecho.
7 Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
8 Yo venderé a sus hijos e hijas a Judá, y ellos los venderán como esclavos a los sabeos, quienes viven en tierras remotas. Esta es una sentencia del Señor.
8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it.”
9 Anuncien esto por todas partes: ¡Prepárense para la guerra! Recluten a sus mejores soldados; junten todos sus ejércitos.
9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
10 Conviertan sus arados en espadas y sus hoces en lanzas. Que el débil diga: «¡Soy fuerte!».
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
11 Júntense y vengan, naciones de todas partes. Y ahora, Señor, ¡haz descender tus guerreros!
11 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
12 Naciones, levántense pronto y suban al valle de Josafat, pues allí estableceré mi juzgado para pronunciar mi juicio sobre todas ustedes.
12 “Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Agarren la hoz, porque la cosecha ya está lista. Vengan y pisen las uvas, porque el lagar está lleno. ¡La maldad de esta gente es grande!
13 Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
14 ¡Una multitud inmensa se ha reunido en el valle llamado de la Decisión! ¡Está cercano el día en que el Señor llegará al valle de la Decisión a juzgar a las naciones!
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision.
15 Será tan grande el trastorno que incluso el sol y la luna se oscurecerán y las estrellas dejarán de alumbrar.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
16 El Señor ruge como si fuera un león desde Sion, desde Jerusalén lanza su grito, y la tierra y el cielo comienzan a temblar. ¡Pero el Señor protegerá a su pueblo, será un refugio seguro para Israel!
16 Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
17 Entonces se convencerán, por fin, que yo soy el Señor su Dios, y que habito en Sion, mi santo monte. Jerusalén será santa, y nunca más los extranjeros la volverán a invadir.
17 “So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
18 Tendrán tanta abundancia que vino dulce destilarán las montañas, y de las colinas fluirá la leche. Los arroyos de Judá se llenarán de agua, y una fuente brotará del templo del Señor para regar el valle de las Acacias.
18 It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egipto y Edom serán destruidos porque atacaron con violencia a la gente de Judá y mataron a gente inocente.
19 Egypt will be a desolation and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 Pero Judá y Jerusalén serán habitadas para siempre.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 Pues yo me vengaré de todo el mal que le causaron a mi pueblo; no dejaré sin castigo a los culpables. ¡Yo, el Señor, viviré en Sion!
21 I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Zephaniah 3:19–20; Jeremiah 30:3; Ezekiel 39:25; Amos 9:14; Jeremiah 29:14
- 2 Zechariah 14:2–4; Isaiah 66:16; Zephaniah 3:8; Ezekiel 38:22; Joel 3:12
- 3 Nahum 3:10; Amos 2:6; Obadiah 11; Revelation 18:13; 2 Chronicles 28:8–9
- 4 Amos 1:6–10; Jeremiah 47:4; Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 59:18; Ezekiel 25:12–17
- 5 2 Chronicles 21:16–17; 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 18:15–16
- 6 Ezekiel 27:13; Joel 3:3; Joel 3:8; Deuteronomy 28:68; Deuteronomy 28:32
- 7 Isaiah 43:5–6; Jeremiah 23:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Jeremiah 30:16; Jeremiah 30:10
- 8 Isaiah 60:14; Job 1:15; Judges 2:14; Isaiah 14:1–2; Judges 4:2
- 9 Jeremiah 46:3–4; Ezekiel 38:7; Isaiah 8:9–10; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 50:2
- 10 Zechariah 12:8; Micah 4:3; Isaiah 2:4; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Luke 22:36
- 11 Isaiah 13:3; Zephaniah 3:8; Revelation 19:19–20; Revelation 19:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:7
- 12 Joel 3:2; Isaiah 3:13; Psalm 98:9; Isaiah 2:4; Psalm 96:13
- 13 Revelation 14:15–20; Hosea 6:11; Mark 4:29; Jeremiah 51:33; Isaiah 63:3
- 14 Isaiah 34:2–8; Joel 3:2; Philippians 3:2; Revelation 16:14–16; Joel 1:15
- 15 Joel 2:10; Luke 21:25–26; Joel 2:31; Matthew 24:29; Isaiah 13:10
- 16 Amos 1:2; Joel 2:10–11; Jeremiah 25:30–31; Proverbs 18:10; Jeremiah 16:19
- 17 Joel 2:27; Nahum 1:15; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 4:3; Revelation 21:27
- 18 Isaiah 35:6; Ezekiel 47:1–12; Revelation 22:1–2; Zechariah 14:8; Amos 9:13–14
- 19 Isaiah 19:1–15; Zechariah 14:18–19; Jeremiah 51:35; Ezekiel 35:1–15; Amos 1:11–12
- 20 Ezekiel 37:25; Isaiah 33:20; Amos 9:15
- 21 Isaiah 4:4; Revelation 21:3; Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 36:29; Ezekiel 48:35
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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).
… will have compassion upon us: He will destroy our iniquities, and will cast our sins into the depths of the sea." And again, specifying the place of His advent, he says: "The Lord hath spoken from Zion, and He has uttered His voice from Jerusalem." And that it is from that region which is towards the south of the inheritance …
And there are also some of them who say, "The Lord hath spoken in Zion, and uttered His voice from Jerusalem;" and, "In Judah is God known;" -- these indicated His advent which took place in Judea.