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1 ¡Oigan ustedes, jefes de Israel! Escuchen ustedes que gobiernan al pueblo de Jacob: ¿Acaso no es deber de ustedes saber lo que es la justicia?
1 I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
2 Sin embargo, ustedes son los más injustos, odian el bien y aman el mal; ustedes son quienes más explotan a mi pueblo y lo dejan en la miseria, despojándolo hasta de lo más necesario para vivir.
2 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 Ustedes son quienes devoran a mi pueblo como si fueran una res, le arrancan la piel, quiebran sus huesos y lo despedazan como si fuera carne para la cazuela.
3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.
4 Por eso, cuando rueguen al Señor que los ayude en los tiempos difíciles, él no les hará caso. Cuando procuren su ayuda, el Señor se les esconderá, pues está enojado por los crímenes que ustedes cometen.
4 Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
5 Esto es lo que el Señor dice contra los falsos profetas, los que descarrían a este pueblo: «Ustedes le anuncian la paz a quienes les dan de comer, pero a quienes no les dan nada, les anuncian la guerra.
5 Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
6 Por eso, la oscuridad caerá sobre ustedes y los dejará sin visiones; tendrán tapado el entendimiento y no recibirán ningún mensaje de Dios».
6 “Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
7 Esos profetas y adivinos quedarán en ridículo, serán el hazmerreír de todos; no tendrán nada que decir, pues Dios no les dará mensajes.
7 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”
8 En cambio, yo estoy lleno de poder, de justicia y de fuerza. Estoy lleno del Espíritu del Señor para denunciar sin temor todas las maldades y la desobediencia de Israel.
8 But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
9 Escuchen esto, líderes de Israel, que odian la justicia y tuercen las intenciones y las obras justas,
9 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,
10 que llenan a Jerusalén, que es la ciudad del monte Sion, de crímenes y actos injustos.
10 who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Los jueces son corruptos, pues reciben dinero para juzgar a favor de los ricos; los sacerdotes enseñan sólo si se les paga, y los falsos profetas le ponen precio a sus mensajes. Y como si esto fuera poco, mal usan el nombre del Señor, diciendo: «¡El Señor está entre nosotros! ¡Ningún mal nos puede acontecer!».
11 Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
12 Por eso, por culpa de ustedes, profetas falsos, Jerusalén será arada como si fuera un potrero y se convertirá en un montón de ruinas, y la montaña donde se asienta el templo se llenará de maleza como cualquier ruina abandonada.
12 Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 82:1–5; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 5:4–5; Hosea 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:5
- 2 Ezekiel 22:27; Psalm 53:4; Proverbs 28:4; 1 Kings 21:20; 2 Chronicles 19:2
- 3 Psalm 14:4; Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 11:6–7; Zephaniah 3:3
- 4 Isaiah 1:15; Proverbs 1:28; Ezekiel 8:18; Psalm 18:41; Deuteronomy 32:19–20
- 5 Jeremiah 14:14–15; Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 22:25–29; Ezekiel 13:10–16; Jeremiah 23:32
- 6 Isaiah 8:20–22; Isaiah 29:10; Amos 8:9–10; Isaiah 59:10; Jeremiah 13:16
- 7 Isaiah 44:25; Zechariah 13:4; 1 Samuel 28:6; Amos 8:11; Leviticus 13:45
- 8 Isaiah 58:1; 1 Corinthians 2:12–13; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Isaiah 11:2–3; Acts 4:8–12
- 9 Isaiah 1:23; Psalm 58:1–2; Proverbs 17:15; Deuteronomy 27:19; Hosea 5:1
- 10 Habakkuk 2:9–12; Jeremiah 22:13–17; Matthew 27:25; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 22:25–28
- 11 Jeremiah 6:13; Isaiah 1:23; Micah 3:5; Titus 1:11; Jeremiah 7:4
- 12 Jeremiah 26:18; Psalm 79:1; Micah 4:1–2; Matthew 24:2; Psalm 107:34
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What the Fathers said
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… declared when He said, "Fill ye up the measure of your fathers." For from the first the prophets used to charge them with these things, saying, "Your hands are full of blood;" and, "They mingle blood with blood;" and, "They build up Sion with blood." But they did not learn self-restraint, albeit they received this commandment first, "Thou shalt not …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The city was still standing, and beautified with public places, and robed in majesty; yet he says, Zion shall be ploughed as a field, foretelling what is now fulfilled in our days.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
the Holy Ghost; as when Micah says in the person of God, surely I will perfect power by the Spirit the Lord; and Joel cries, And it shall come to pass afterwards, saith God, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, and the rest; and Haggai, Because I am with you, saith the Lord of Hosts; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)