Lamentaciones · Berean Standard Bible
Lamentaciones 4 Berean Standard Bible
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1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
1 How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
3 Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
5 Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
7 Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
7 Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
8 But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.
9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
11 Yahweh has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
12 The kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither did all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.
14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
14 They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
15 “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
15 “Go away!” they cried to them. “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, “They can’t live here any more.”
16 The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
16 Yahweh’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favor the elders.
17 All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
17 Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
18 They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations.
21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked.
22 O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
Referencias cruzadas (22)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezequiel 7:19–22; Lamentaciones 2:19; Isaías 1:21; 2 Reyes 25:9–10; Jeremías 52:13
- 2 Isaías 30:14; Romanos 9:21–23; Jeremías 19:11; 2 Timoteo 2:20; 2 Corintios 4:7
- 3 Lucas 23:28–29; Ezequiel 5:10; Lamentaciones 4:10; Lamentaciones 2:20; Job 39:13–16
- 4 Salmo 22:15; Lamentaciones 2:11–12; Salmo 137:6; Deuteronomio 32:24; Mateo 7:9–11
- 5 Lucas 16:19; Proverbios 31:21; Amós 6:3–7; Lucas 15:16; 1 Timoteo 5:6
- 6 Génesis 19:25; Isaías 1:9–10; Lucas 12:47; Lucas 10:12; Mateo 24:21
- 7 Salmo 51:7; Cantar de los Cantares 5:10; Salmo 144:12; 1 Samuel 16:12; Números 6:2–21
- 8 Lamentaciones 5:10; Job 30:30; Salmo 102:3–5; Job 19:20; Salmo 119:83
- 9 Jeremías 16:4; Ezequiel 24:23; Levítico 26:39; Ezequiel 33:10
- 10 Isaías 49:15; Lamentaciones 2:20; 2 Reyes 6:26–29; Jeremías 19:9; Lamentaciones 4:3
- 11 Jeremías 7:20; Ezequiel 22:31; Lamentaciones 2:17; Jeremías 17:27; Ezequiel 20:47–48
- 12 Salmo 48:4–6; Deuteronomio 29:24–28; 1 Reyes 9:8–9; Jeremías 21:13
- 13 Jeremías 5:31; Jeremías 6:13; Mateo 23:31; Jeremías 26:8–9; Ezequiel 22:26–28
- 14 Isaías 1:15; Jeremías 2:34; Números 19:16; Deuteronomio 28:28–29; Isaías 56:10
- 15 Levítico 13:45–46
- 16 Isaías 9:14–16; Lamentaciones 5:12; Deuteronomio 32:26; Jeremías 24:9; Deuteronomio 28:64–65
- 17 Ezequiel 29:16; Isaías 20:5; 2 Reyes 24:7; Jeremías 2:36; Lamentaciones 1:7
- 18 Amós 8:2; Salmo 140:11; Ezequiel 7:2–12; Lamentaciones 3:52; Jeremías 16:16
- 19 Habacuc 1:8; Jeremías 4:13; Isaías 5:26–28; Deuteronomio 28:49; Isaías 30:16–17
- 20 2 Samuel 1:14; Génesis 2:7; Ezequiel 12:13; Jeremías 39:5; 2 Samuel 19:21
- 21 Apocalipsis 16:15; Amós 1:11; Job 1:1; Salmo 137:7; Ezequiel 25:12–14
- 22 Isaías 40:2; Jeremías 50:20; Salmo 137:7; Lamentaciones 4:6; Malaquías 1:4
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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Jeremiah, in prophesying of Christ, says, "The breath of our mouth, the Lord Christ, was taken in our sins," thus briefly showing both that Christ is our Lord and that He suffered for us.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Lamenting then he says, The breath of our countenance, Christ the Lord was taken in our corruptions.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
He is called Spirit, as "God is a Spirit," and "the breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord." He is called holy, as the Father is holy, and the Son is holy, for to the creature holiness was brought in from without, but to the Spirit holiness is the fulfilment of nature, and it is for this reason …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)