Isaiah · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Isaiah 37 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Sucedió que cuando el rey Ezequías lo oyó, también rasgó sus ropas. Se cubrió de tela áspera y fue a la Casa de Yavé.
1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
2 Envió a Eliaquim, mayordomo de palacio, a Sebna, el escriba, y a los más ancianos de los sacerdotes, cubiertos de tela áspera, al profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz,
2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3 y le dijeron: Ezequías dijo: Hoy es un día de angustia, castigo y vergüenza. Los hijos llegaron hasta el cuello del útero, pero no hay fuerza para dar a luz.
3 They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
4 Quizás Yavé tu ʼElohim haya escuchado las palabras del Rabsaces, a quien su amo, el rey de Asiria, mandó para provocar al ʼElohim viviente, y reprenda las palabras que Yavé tu ʼElohim escuchó. Por tanto, haz oración por el remanente que queda.
4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
5 Los esclavos del rey Ezequías fueron a Isaías,
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 quien les respondió: Digan a su amo: Yavé dice: No temas las palabras que oíste, con las cuales los esclavos del rey de Asiria me vituperaron.
6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Ciertamente pondré cierto espíritu en él. Oirá un rumor, regresará a su tierra, y en su tierra lo haré caer a espada.
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
8 Así que el Rabsaces, quien oyó que el rey de Siria se retiró de Laquis, regresó y lo halló cuando combatía contra Libna.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 Al oír que Tirraca, rey de Etiopía, salió a luchar contra él, [el rey de Asiria] envió mensajeros a Ezequías para que le dijeran:
9 He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Digan a Ezequías, rey de Judá: No te engañe tu ʼElohim en Quien confías, al pensar que Jerusalén no será entregada en mano del rey de Asiria.
10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
11 Ciertamente tú mismo oíste lo que los reyes de Asiria hicieron a todos los países cuando los exterminaron. ¿Tú te librarás?
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?
12 ¿Los ʼelohim de las naciones que mis antepasados destruyeron las libraron? ¿Libraron a Gozán, Harán y Resef, y a los hijos de Edén que estaban en Telasar?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
13 ¿Dónde están el rey de Hamat, el rey de Arpad, el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Hena y de Iva?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
14 Así que Ezequías recibió la carta de mano de los mensajeros y la leyó. Después Ezequías subió a la Casa de Yavé y la extendió ante Yavé.
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.
15 Y Ezequías oró a Yavé:
15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
16 ¡Oh Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, entronizado por encima de los querubines! Solo Tú eres ʼElohim sobre todos los reinos de la tierra. Tú hiciste [el] cielo y [la] tierra.
16 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
17 Inclina tu oído, oh Yavé, y escucha. Abre tus ojos, oh Yavé, y mira. Escucha todas las palabras que Senaquerib envió para provocar al ʼElohim vivo.
17 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
18 Oh Yavé, ciertamente los reyes de Asiria destruyeron todas las naciones y sus tierras.
18 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
19 Echaron sus ʼelohim al fuego, porque no son ʼElohim, sino obra de manos de hombre, de madera y de piedra. Por eso fueron destruidos.
19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
20 Ahora pues, Yavé, ʼElohim nuestro, sálvanos de su mano, para que todos los reinos de la tierra sepan que solo Tú eres Yavé ʼElohim.
20 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
21 Entonces Isaías, hijo de Amoz, envió a decir a Ezequías: Yavé, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: En cuanto a lo que pediste en oración con respecto a Senaquerib, rey de Asiria.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says, ‘Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 Ésta es la Palabra que Yavé habló con respecto a él: La virgen hija de Sion te desprecia y se burla de ti. La hija de Jerusalén menea despectivamente la cabeza a tu espalda.
22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 ¿A quién provocaste y vituperaste? ¿Contra quién alzaste la voz y levantaste tus ojos con altivez? ¡Contra el Santo de Israel!
23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
24 Por medio de tus esclavos afrentaste a ʼAdonay y dijiste: Con la multitud de mis carrozas subí a las alturas de las montañas, a lo más inaccesible del Líbano. Talé sus más altos cedros y sus mejores cipreses. Llegué hasta el último de sus refugios, hasta lo más denso de su bosque.
24 By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
25 Cavé y bebí aguas, y sequé todos los ríos de Egipto con la planta de mis pies.
25 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
26 ¿No lo oíste? Desde antaño lo decidí. En tiempos remotos lo preparé y ahora decido que suceda. Tú estás puesto para reducir las ciudades fortificadas a pilas de ruinas,
26 “‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.
27 y que sus habitantes, impotentes, abatidos y confusos, sean como pasto del campo, como hierba verde, como herbaje de tejado que se marchita antes de crecer.
27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
28 Yo conozco tu sentarte, tu salir, tu entrar y tu ira contra Mí.
28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
29 Por cuanto tu enfurecimiento contra Mí y tu soberbia llegaron a mis oídos, pondré mi garfio en tu nariz y mi rienda en tu boca. Te haré regresar por el camino en el cual viniste.
29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
30 Esto te servirá de señal: Este año comerán lo que brota de ella y el segundo año de lo que brote sin sembrar. Al tercer año siembren y cosechen, planten viñas y coman de su fruto.
30 “‘This shall be the sign to you: You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
31 El remanente de la Casa de Judá que quede a salvo, de nuevo echará raíces por abajo y dará frutos por arriba.
31 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
32 Porque saldrá un remanente de Jerusalén, los sobrevivientes de la Montaña Sion. ¡El celo de Yavé de las huestes hará esto!
32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’
33 Por tanto, Yavé dice con respecto al rey de Asiria: No entrará a esta ciudad, ni disparará flecha allí, ni le opondrá escudo, ni levantará contra ella baluartes.
33 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
34 Por el camino que vino regresará, y no entrará en esta ciudad, dice Yavé.
34 He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says Yahweh.
35 Yo ampararé a esta ciudad para salvarla, por amor a Mí mismo y por amor a David mi esclavo.
35 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
36 El Ángel de Yavé salió y mató a 185.000 hombres en el campamento de los asirios. Cuando se levantaron temprano por la mañana vieron que todos estaban muertos.
36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
37 Entonces Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, levantó el campamento, regresó a Nínive y se quedó allí.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
38 Sucedió que mientras estaba postrado en el templo de su ʼelohim Nisroc, sus hijos Adremelec y Sarezer lo asesinaron a espada y huyeron a la tierra de Ararat. Reinó su hijo Esar-hadón en lugar de él.
38 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
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Adrammelech
A son of Sennacherib who with his brother Sharezer put their father to the sword in the temple of Nisroch and escaped to the land of Ararat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38
Esar-haddon
Sennacherib's son, who reigned in his father's place after Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Ezra 4:2; Isaiah 37:38
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Tirhakah
King of Cush about whom Sennacherib was warned that he had set out to fight him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 19:1–37; 2 Kings 22:11; Isaiah 36:22–37:38; Ezra 9:5; Job 1:20–21
- 2 Isaiah 1:1; Joel 1:13; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 18:18
- 3 Isaiah 66:9; Hosea 13:13; 2 Kings 19:3; Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 26:17–18
- 4 Isaiah 36:20; Isaiah 1:9; Psalm 106:23; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 8:7–8
- 6 Isaiah 7:4; Isaiah 35:4; Mark 5:36; 2 Chronicles 20:15–20; Isaiah 41:10–14
- 7 2 Chronicles 32:21; Isaiah 31:8–9; Job 15:21; Isaiah 17:13–14; 2 Kings 7:6
- 8 Joshua 10:29; Joshua 21:13; 2 Kings 8:22; Joshua 10:31–34; Joshua 15:39
- 9 Isaiah 18:1; 1 Samuel 23:27–28; Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 37:7
- 10 Isaiah 36:15; 2 Kings 18:5; Psalm 22:8; 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Matthew 27:43
- 11 Isaiah 36:18–20; 2 Kings 17:4–6; Isaiah 10:7–14; Isaiah 37:18–19; Isaiah 14:17
- 12 Genesis 11:31; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11; Acts 7:2; 2 Kings 19:12
- 13 Jeremiah 49:23; Isaiah 10:9; 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 17:30–31
- 14 Psalm 123:1–4; 2 Kings 19:14; Psalm 62:1–3; Isaiah 37:1; Psalm 74:10
- 15 2 Chronicles 14:11; Daniel 9:3–4; 1 Samuel 7:8–9; 2 Chronicles 20:6–12; 2 Kings 19:15–19
- 16 Psalm 99:1; Exodus 25:22; Psalm 86:10; Isaiah 44:24; 1 Samuel 4:4
- 17 2 Chronicles 6:40; Psalm 17:6; 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 74:22; Psalm 10:14–15
- 18 Nahum 2:11–12; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 17:24; 1 Chronicles 5:26
- 19 Psalm 115:4–8; Isaiah 40:19–21; Isaiah 10:9–11; Hosea 8:6; Exodus 32:20
- 20 Psalm 46:10; 1 Kings 18:36–37; Psalm 83:17–18; Isaiah 42:8; Malachi 1:11
- 21 Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 91:15; Isaiah 38:3–6; 2 Kings 19:20–21; Daniel 9:20–23
- 22 Job 16:4; Isaiah 1:8; Lamentations 2:13; Psalm 9:14; Zechariah 2:10
- 23 Ezekiel 39:7; Daniel 5:20–23; Daniel 7:25; Ezekiel 28:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- 24 Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 36:9; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 4:8–14
- 25 1 Kings 20:10; Deuteronomy 11:10; Isaiah 36:12; 2 Kings 19:23–24
- 26 Acts 4:27–28; Acts 2:23; Isaiah 46:10–11; 1 Peter 2:8; Isaiah 10:15
- 27 Psalm 129:6; Psalm 127:1–2; Jeremiah 37:10; Psalm 90:5–6; Isaiah 19:16
- 28 Revelation 2:13; Psalm 139:1–11; Jeremiah 23:23–24; Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 15:3
- 29 Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 37:34; Ezekiel 38:4; Isaiah 30:28; Ezekiel 29:4
- 30 2 Kings 19:29; Leviticus 25:4–5; Isaiah 7:14; 2 Kings 20:9; 1 Kings 13:3–5
- 31 Isaiah 27:6; 2 Kings 19:30–31; Psalm 80:9; Isaiah 1:9; Romans 11:5
- 32 Isaiah 9:7; 2 Kings 19:31; Joel 2:18; Zechariah 1:14; Isaiah 59:17
- 33 Isaiah 8:7–10; Ezekiel 21:22; Isaiah 10:32–34; 2 Kings 19:32–35; Isaiah 33:20
- 34 Isaiah 37:29; Proverbs 21:30
- 35 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:6; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 23:5–6
- 36 Isaiah 10:12; 2 Kings 19:35; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Isaiah 31:8; 2 Samuel 24:16
- 37 Jonah 3:3; Jonah 1:2; Nahum 1:1; Jonah 4:11; Genesis 10:11–12
- 38 Genesis 8:4; Jeremiah 51:27; Ezra 4:2; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 19:36–37
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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"I will defend this city for my servant David's sake." And besides, on account of His favor towards him, He suffered not Solomon to fall from the kingdom, great as the sin was which he had committed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)