Jeremías 15
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Dios rechaza a su pueblo
15 Entonces el Señor me dijo(A): «Aunque Moisés(B) y Samuel(C) se presentaran ante Mí(D), Mi corazón[a] no estaría con[b] este pueblo. Échalos de Mi presencia(E), y que se vayan. 2 Y cuando te digan: “¿Adónde iremos?”, les responderás: “Así dice el Señor:
‘Los destinados para la muerte, a la muerte;
Los destinados para la espada, a la espada;
Los destinados para el hambre, al hambre,
Y los destinados para el cautiverio, al cautiverio(F)’”.
3 Y enviaré sobre ellos cuatro clases de males», declara el Señor: «la espada para matar(G), los perros para despedazar, y las aves del cielo(H) y las bestias de la tierra(I) para devorar y destruir. 4 Y los haré motivo de espanto para todos los reinos de la tierra(J), a causa de Manasés, hijo de Ezequías, rey de Judá, por lo que hizo en Jerusalén(K).
5 ¶»Porque, ¿quién se compadecerá de ti, oh Jerusalén?
¿Quién llorará por ti(L),
O quién se apartará de su camino para preguntar por tu bienestar(M)?
6 -»Tú me has dejado(N)», declara el Señor,
«Sigues retrocediendo(O).
Extenderé, pues, Mi mano(P) contra ti y te destruiré;
Estoy cansado de compadecerme(Q).
7 -»Los aventaré con el bieldo
En las puertas del país(R);
Los privaré de hijos(S), destruiré a Mi pueblo,
Pues no se arrepintieron[c] de sus caminos(T).
8 -»Haré que sus viudas sean más numerosas(U)
Que la arena de los mares.
Traeré[d] contra la madre de sus jóvenes[e],
Al destructor(V) en pleno mediodía;
De repente traeré sobre ella
Angustia y pavor.
9 -»Languidece la que dio a luz siete hijos(W);
Exhala su alma.
Se puso su sol siendo aún de día(X),
Ha sido avergonzada(Y) y humillada.
A sus sobrevivientes los entregaré a la espada
Delante de sus enemigos(Z)», declara el Señor.
Lamento de Jeremías y respuesta de Dios
10 ¶¡Ay de mí, madre mía, porque me diste a luz(AA)
Como hombre de contienda y hombre de discordia para toda la tierra(AB)!
No he prestado ni me han prestado(AC),
Sin embargo, todos me maldicen.
11 El Señor dijo:
«Ciertamente te libraré para bien(AD);
Ciertamente haré que el enemigo te suplique(AE)
En tiempo de calamidad y en tiempo de angustia.
12 ¶»¿Puede alguien destrozar el hierro(AF),
El hierro del norte, o el bronce?
13 -»Tus riquezas y tus tesoros
Entregaré al saqueo, sin costo alguno(AG),
Por todos tus pecados
En todas tus fronteras(AH).
14 -»Entonces haré que tus enemigos te lleven
A una tierra que no conoces(AI);
Porque un fuego se ha encendido en Mi ira
Que sobre ustedes arderá(AJ)».
15 ¶Tú que lo sabes, oh Señor,
Acuérdate de mí, atiéndeme,
Y véngame de mis perseguidores(AK).
Conforme a Tu paciencia[f], no dejes que sea yo arrebatado;
Sabes que por Ti sufro oprobio(AL).
16 Cuando se presentaban Tus palabras(AM), yo las comía(AN);
Tus palabras(AO) eran para mí el gozo y la alegría de mi corazón,
Porque se me llamaba por Tu nombre[g](AP),
Oh Señor, Dios de los ejércitos.
17 No me senté en la asamblea de los que se divierten(AQ), ni me regocijé.
A causa de Tu mano, solitario me senté(AR),
Porque de indignación me llenaste(AS).
18 ¿Por qué es mi dolor perpetuo
Y mi herida incurable, que rehúsa sanar(AT)?
¿Serás en verdad para mí como corriente engañosa,
Como aguas en las que no se puede confiar(AU)?
19 Entonces[h] dijo así el Señor:
«Si vuelves, Yo te restauraré(AV),
En Mi presencia estarás(AW);
Si apartas lo precioso de lo vil(AX),
Serás Mi portavoz[i].
Que se vuelvan ellos a ti,
Pero tú no te vuelvas a ellos.
20 -»Y te pondré para este pueblo
Por muralla de bronce invencible;
Lucharán contra ti,
Pero no te vencerán(AY),
Porque Yo estoy contigo para salvarte
Y librarte(AZ)», declara el Señor.
21 «Te libraré de la mano de los malos(BA),
Y te redimiré de la garra[j] de los violentos(BB)».
Jeremiah 15
New King James Version
The Lord Will Not Relent
15 Then the Lord said to me, (A)“Even if (B)Moses and (C)Samuel stood before Me, My [a]mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
(D)“Such as are for death, to death;
And such as are for the sword, to the sword;
And such as are for the famine, to the famine;
And such as are for the (E)captivity, to the captivity.” ’
3 “And I will (F)appoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, (G)the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 I will hand them over to (H)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (I)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
5 “For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?
Or who will bemoan you?
Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?
6 (J)You have forsaken Me,” says the Lord,
“You have (K)gone backward.
Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
(L)I am [b]weary of relenting!
7 And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land;
I will (M)bereave them of children;
I will destroy My people,
Since they (N)do not return from their ways.
8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them,
Against the mother of the young men,
A plunderer at noonday;
I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them (O)suddenly.
9 “She(P) languishes who has borne seven;
She has breathed her last;
(Q)Her sun has gone down
While it was yet day;
She has been ashamed and confounded.
And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword
Before their enemies,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah’s Dejection
10 (R)Woe is me, my mother,
That you have borne me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole [c]earth!
I have neither lent for interest,
Nor have men lent to me for interest.
Every one of them curses me.
11 The Lord said:
“Surely it will be well with your remnant;
Surely I will cause (S)the enemy to intercede with you
In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.
12 Can anyone break iron,
The northern iron and the bronze?
13 Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as (T)plunder without price,
Because of all your sins,
Throughout your territories.
14 And I will [d]make you cross over with your enemies
(U)Into a land which you do not know;
For a (V)fire is kindled in My anger,
Which shall burn upon you.”
15 O Lord, (W)You know;
Remember me and [e]visit me,
And (X)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that (Y)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
16 Your words were found, and I (Z)ate them,
And (AA)Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
17 (AB)I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
For You have filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my (AC)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me (AD)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that [f]fail?
The Lord Reassures Jeremiah
19 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(AE)“If you return,
Then I will bring you back;
You shall (AF)stand before Me;
If you (AG)take out the precious from the vile,
You shall be as My mouth.
Let them return to you,
But you must not return to them.
20 And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze (AH)wall;
And they will fight against you,
But (AI)they shall not prevail against you;
For I am with you to save you
And deliver you,” says the Lord.
21 “I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked,
And I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:1 Lit. soul was not toward
- Jeremiah 15:6 tired
- Jeremiah 15:10 Or land
- Jeremiah 15:14 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr., Tg. cause you to serve (cf. 17:4)
- Jeremiah 15:15 attend to
- Jeremiah 15:18 Or cannot be trusted
Jeremiah 15
King James Version
15 Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.
8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
15 O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
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