Jeremiah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Jeremiah 4 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 “If you return, Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration—then it should be to me that you return. If you remove your detestable things from before me and do not wander from me again,
1 SI te has de convertir, oh Israel, dice Jehová, conviértete á mí; y si quitares de delante de mí tus abominaciones, no andarás de acá para allá.
2 You must be truthful, just, and righteous when you swear, 'As Yahweh lives.' Then the nations will bless themselves in him, and in him they will glory.”
2 Y jurarás, [diciendo], Vive Jehová, con verdad, con juicio, y con justicia: y bendecirse han en él las gentes, y en él se gloriarán.
3 For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 'Plow your own ground, and do not sow among thorns.
3 Porque así dice Jehová á [todo] varón de Judá y de Jerusalem: Haced barbecho para vosotros, y no sembréis sobre espinas.
4 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and remove the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my fury will break out like fire, and burn with no one to quench it, because of the wickedness of your deeds.
4 Circuncidaos á Jehová, y quitad los prepucios de vuestro corazón, varones de Judá y moradores de Jerusalem; no sea que mi ira salga como fuego, y se encienda y no haya quien apague, por la malicia de vuestras obras.
5 Report in Judah and let it be heard in Jerusalem. Say, “Blow the trumpet in the land.” Proclaim, “Gather together. Let us go to the fortified cities.”
5 Denunciad en Judá, y haced oir en Jerusalem, y decid: Sonad trompeta en la tierra. Pregonad, juntad, y decid: Reuníos, y entrémonos en las ciudades fuertes.
6 Lift up the signal flag and point it toward Zion, and run for safety! Do not stay, for I am bringing disaster from the north and a great collapse.
6 Alzad bandera en Sión, juntaos, no os detengáis; porque yo hago venir mal del aquilón, y quebrantamiento grande.
7 A lion is coming out from his thicket and someone who will destroy nations is setting out. He is leaving his place to bring horror to your land, to turn your cities into ruins, where no one will live.
7 El león sube de su guarida, y el destruidor de gentes ha partido; salido ha de su asiento para poner tu tierra en soledad; tus ciudades serán asoladas, y sin morador.
8 Because of this, wrap yourself in sackcloth, lament and wail. For the force of Yahweh's anger has not turned away from us.
8 Por esto vestíos de saco, endechad y aullad; porque la ira de Jehová no se ha apartado de nosotros.
9 Then it will happen in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—that the hearts of the king and his officials will die. The priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be horrified.'”
9 Y será en aquel día, dice Jehová, que desfallecerá el corazón del rey, y el corazón de los príncipes, y los sacerdotes estarán atónitos, y se maravillarán los profetas.
10 So I said, “Ah! Lord Yahweh. Surely you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'There will be peace for you.' Yet the sword is striking against their life.”
10 Y dije: ¡Ay, ay, Jehová Dios! verdaderamente en gran manera has engañado á este pueblo y á Jerusalem, diciendo, Paz tendréis; pues que el cuchillo ha venido hasta el alma.
11 In that time it will be said of this people and Jerusalem, “A burning wind from the plains of the desert will make its way to the daughter of my people. It will not winnow or cleanse them.
11 En aquel tiempo se dirá de este pueblo y de Jerusalem: Viento seco de las alturas del desierto vino á la hija de mi pueblo, no para aventar, ni para limpiar.
12 A wind far stronger than that will come at my command, and I will now pass sentence against them.
12 Viento más vehemente que estos vendrá á mí: y ahora yo hablaré juicios con ellos.
13 See, he is attacking like clouds, and his chariots are like a storm. His horses are faster than eagles. Woe to us, for we will be devastated!
13 He aquí que subirá como nube, y su carro como torbellino: más ligeros con sus caballos que las águilas. ¡Ay de nosotros, porque dados somos á saco!
14 Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you might be saved. How long will your deepest thoughts be about how to sin?
14 Lava de la malicia tu corazón, oh Jerusalem, para que seas salva. ¿Hasta cuándo dejarás estar en medio de ti los pensamientos de iniquidad?
15 For a voice is bringing news from Dan, and the coming disaster is heard from the mountains of Ephraim.
15 Porque la [voz se oye] del que trae las nuevas desde Dan, y del que hace oir la calamidad desde el monte de Ephraim.
16 Make the nations think about this: See, announce to Jerusalem that besiegers are coming from a distant land to shout in battle against the cities of Judah.
16 Decid á las gentes; he aquí, haced oir sobre Jerusalem: Guardas vienen de tierra lejana, y darán su voz sobre las ciudades de Judá.
17 They will be like the watchmen of a cultivated field against her all around, since she has been rebellious against me—this is Yahweh's declaration—
17 Como las guardas de las heredades, estuvieron sobre ella en derredor, porque se rebeló contra mí, dice Jehová.
18 and your conduct and your deeds have done these things to you. This will be your punishment. How terrible it will be! It will strike your very heart.
18 Tu camino y tus obras te hicieron esto, ésta tu maldad: por lo cual amargura penetrará hasta tu corazón.
19 My heart! My heart! I am in anguish in my heart. My heart is turbulent within me. I cannot keep quiet for I hear the sound of the horn, an alarm for battle.
19 ¡Mis entrañas, mis entrañas! Me duelen las telas de mi corazón: mi corazón ruge dentro de mí; no callaré; porque voz de trompeta has oído, oh alma mía, pregón de guerra.
20 Disaster follows after disaster; for all the land lies in ruins. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in a moment.
20 Quebrantamiento sobre quebrantamiento es llamado; porque toda la tierra es destruída: en un punto son destruídas mis tiendas, en un momento mis cortinas.
21 How long will I see the standard? Will I hear the sound of the horn?
21 ¿Hasta cuándo tengo de ver bandera, tengo de oir voz de trompeta?
22 For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They have skill at evil, but do not know to do good.
22 Porque mi pueblo es necio; no me conocieron los hijos ignorantes y los no entendidos; sabios para mal hacer, y para bien hacer no supieron.
23 I saw the land. Behold! It was formless and empty. For there was no light for the heavens.
23 Miré la tierra, y he aquí que estaba asolada y vacía; y los cielos, y no había en ellos luz.
24 I looked at the mountains. Behold, they were trembling, and all the hills were shaking about.
24 Miré los montes, y he aquí que temblaban, y todos los collados fueron destruídos.
25 I looked. Behold, there was no one, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
25 Miré, y no parecía hombre, y todas las aves del cielo se habían ido.
26 I looked. Behold, the orchards were a wilderness and all the cities had been pulled down before Yahweh, before the fury of his wrath.”
26 Miré, y he aquí el Carmelo desierto, y todas sus ciudades eran asoladas á la presencia de Jehová, á la presencia del furor de su ira.
27 This is what Yahweh says, “All the land will become a devastation, but I will not completely destroy it.
27 Porque así dijo Jehová: Toda la tierra será asolada; mas no haré consumación.
28 For this reason, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will darken. For I have declared my intentions; I will not hold back; I will not turn from carrying them out.
28 Por esto se enlutará la tierra, y los cielos arriba se oscurecerán, porque hablé, pensé, y no me arrepentí, ni me tornaré de ello.
29 Every city will flee from the noise of the cavalry and the archers with a bow; they will run into the forests. Every city will climb up into the rocky places. The cities will be abandoned, for there will be no one to inhabit them.
29 Del estruendo de la gente de á caballo y de los flecheros huyó toda la ciudad; entráronse en las espesuras de los bosques, y subiéronse en peñascos; todas las ciudades fueron desamparadas, y no quedó en ellas morador alguno.
30 Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and make your eyes look bigger with paint, the men who lusted for you now reject you. Instead, they are trying to take away your life.
30 Y tú, destruída, ¿qué harás? Bien que te vistas de grana, aunque te adornes con atavíos de oro, aunque pintes con antimonio tus ojos, en vano te engalanas; menospreciáronte los amadores, buscarán tu alma.
31 So I hear the sound of anguish, distress as in the birth of a firstborn child, the sound of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath. She spreads out her hands, 'Woe to me! I am fainting because of these murderers.'”
31 Porque voz oí como de mujer que está de parto, angustia como de primeriza; voz de la hija de Sión que lamenta y extiende sus manos, [diciendo]: ¡Ay ahora de mí! que mi alma desmaya á causa de los matadores.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 2:12; Jeremiah 3:22; Ezekiel 43:9; Genesis 35:2; Jeremiah 3:1
- 2 Isaiah 65:16; Genesis 22:18; Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17
- 3 Hosea 10:12; Luke 8:14; Luke 8:7; Galatians 6:7–8; Mark 4:18–19
- 4 Deuteronomy 10:16; Romans 2:28–29; Deuteronomy 30:6; Colossians 2:11; Jeremiah 9:26
- 5 Jeremiah 8:14; Joshua 10:20; Jeremiah 6:1; Hosea 8:1; Amos 3:6
- 6 Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 1:13–15; Jeremiah 51:27; Jeremiah 6:22; Jeremiah 4:21
- 7 Isaiah 6:11; Ezekiel 26:7–10; Isaiah 1:7; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:6
- 8 Jeremiah 6:26; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 32:11
- 9 Isaiah 22:3–5; Isaiah 29:9–10; Ezekiel 13:9–16; Isaiah 19:16; Jeremiah 37:19
- 10 Jeremiah 5:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12; Isaiah 37:35; Jeremiah 14:13–14; Romans 1:28
- 11 Hosea 13:15; Ezekiel 17:10; Isaiah 41:16; Luke 3:17; Jeremiah 8:19
- 12 Jeremiah 1:16; Ezekiel 5:8; Ezekiel 6:11–13; Ezekiel 7:8–9
- 13 Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 66:15; Lamentations 4:19; Habakkuk 1:8; Isaiah 5:28
- 14 James 4:8; Isaiah 55:7; Acts 8:22; Romans 1:21; Luke 11:39
- 15 Jeremiah 8:16; Judges 18:29; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 20:7; Jeremiah 6:1
- 16 Ezekiel 21:22; Jeremiah 5:15; Isaiah 39:3; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 31:10
- 17 Jeremiah 5:23; 2 Kings 25:1–4; Ezekiel 2:3–7; Luke 19:43–44; Isaiah 30:9
- 18 Psalm 107:17; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 2:17; Proverbs 1:31; Jeremiah 6:19
- 19 Habakkuk 3:16; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 16:11; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 9:10
- 20 Psalm 42:7; Joel 1:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Ezekiel 7:25–26; Matthew 10:28
- 21 2 Chronicles 36:6–7; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 4:5–6; 2 Chronicles 36:3
- 22 1 Corinthians 14:20; Romans 16:19; Jeremiah 5:21; Romans 3:11; Hosea 4:6
- 23 Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24–25; Joel 3:15–16; Isaiah 13:10; Genesis 1:2
- 24 Ezekiel 38:20; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 10:10; Nahum 1:5–6; Judges 5:4–5
- 25 Zephaniah 1:2–3; Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 9:10; Hosea 4:3
- 26 Psalm 107:34; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 14:2–6; Isaiah 7:20–25; Jeremiah 12:4
- 27 Jeremiah 46:28; Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 30:11; Romans 9:27–29
- 28 Numbers 23:19; Jeremiah 12:4; Isaiah 50:3; Hosea 4:3; Joel 2:30–31
- 29 Isaiah 2:19–21; Jeremiah 4:7; Revelation 6:15–17; Isaiah 30:17; Jeremiah 39:4–6
- 30 Lamentations 1:2; 2 Kings 9:30; Lamentations 1:19; Isaiah 10:3; Ezekiel 16:36–41
- 31 Isaiah 1:15; Lamentations 1:17; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 18:21; Lamentations 2:21
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… fatherless, and negligent of the cause of the widows." And Jeremiah, in like manner: "They," he says, "who rule my people did not know me; they are senseless and imprudent children; they are wise to do evil, but to do well they have no knowledge."