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Jeremías 8
La Biblia de las Américas
Jeremías 8
La Biblia de las Américas
8 En aquel tiempo —declara el Señor— sacarán de sus tumbas los huesos de los reyes de Judá, los huesos de sus príncipes, los huesos de los sacerdotes, los huesos de los profetas y los huesos de los habitantes de Jerusalén(A); 2 y los esparcirán al sol, a la luna y a todo el ejército del cielo(B), a quienes amaron y[a] sirvieron, y a quienes siguieron, a quienes buscaron y[b] adoraron. No serán recogidos ni enterrados(C); serán como estiércol sobre la faz de la tierra(D). 3 Y escogerá la muerte en lugar de la vida(E) todo el remanente que quede de este linaje malvado, los que queden en todos los lugares adonde los he arrojado(F) —declara el Señor de los ejércitos. 4 Y les dirás: «Así dice el Señor:
“Los que caen ¿no se levantan(G)?
Él que se desvía ¿no se arrepiente[c]?
5 ¿Por qué entonces este pueblo, Jerusalén,
se ha desviado en continua apostasía(H)?
Se aferran al engaño(I),
rehúsan volver(J).
6 He escuchado y oído,
han hablado(K) lo que no es recto;
ninguno se arrepiente de su maldad(L),
diciendo: ‘¿Qué he hecho?’.
Cada cual vuelve a su carrera,
como caballo que arremete en la batalla(M).
7 Aun la cigüeña en el cielo
conoce sus estaciones(N),
y la tórtola(O), la golondrina y la grulla
guardan la época de sus migraciones[d];
pero mi pueblo no conoce
la ordenanza del Señor(P).
8 ”¿Cómo decís: ‘Somos sabios(Q),
y la ley del Señor está con nosotros’?,
cuando he aquí, la ha cambiado en mentira
la pluma mentirosa de los escribas.
9 Los sabios son avergonzados(R),
están abatidos y atrapados;
he aquí, ellos han desechado la palabra del Señor(S),
¿y qué clase de sabiduría tienen?
10 (T)Por tanto, daré sus mujeres a otros,
y sus campos a nuevos dueños[e](U);
porque desde el menor hasta el mayor
todos ellos codician ganancias;
desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote
todos practican el engaño(V).
11 Y curan a la ligera el quebranto de la hija de mi pueblo,
diciendo: ‘Paz, paz’,
pero no hay paz(W).
12 ¿Se han avergonzado de la abominación que han cometido?
Ciertamente no se han avergonzado,
tampoco han sabido ruborizarse(X);
por tanto caerán(Y) entre los que caigan,
en la hora de su castigo serán derribados(Z)” —dice el Señor.
13 “Ciertamente los destruiré[f](AA)” —declara el Señor—;
“no habrá uvas en la vid(AB),
ni higos en la higuera(AC),
y la hoja se marchitará;
lo que les he dado, pasará de ellos”».
14 ¿Por qué estamos aún sentados?
Congregaos(AD), y entremos en las ciudades fortificadas(AE),
y perezcamos[g] allí,
pues el Señor nuestro Dios nos hace perecer[h]
y nos ha dado a beber agua envenenada(AF),
porque hemos pecado contra el Señor(AG).
15 Esperábamos[i] paz, y no hubo bien alguno(AH);
tiempo de curación, y he aquí, terror.
16 Desde Dan(AI) se oye el resoplido de sus caballos;
al sonido de los relinchos de sus corceles[j](AJ),
tiembla toda la tierra;
vienen y devoran la tierra y cuanto hay en ella,
la ciudad y los que en ella habitan(AK).
17 Porque he aquí, yo envío contra vosotros(AL) serpientes,
áspides contra los cuales no hay encantamiento(AM),
y os morderán —declara el Señor.
Lamento sobre Sión
18 Mi tristeza no tiene remedio[k](AN),
mi corazón desfallece en mí(AO).
19 He aquí la voz del clamor de la hija de mi pueblo desde una tierra lejana(AP):
¿No está el Señor en Sión? ¿No está su rey en ella?
¿Por qué me han provocado con sus imágenes talladas(AQ), con ídolos(AR) extranjeros[l]?
20 Pasó la siega, terminó el verano,
y nosotros no hemos sido salvados.
21 Por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo estoy quebrantado(AS);
ando enlutado(AT), el espanto se ha apoderado de mí.
22 ¿No hay bálsamo en Galaad(AU)?
¿No hay allí médico?
¿Por qué, pues, no se ha restablecido[m] la salud[n] de la hija de mi pueblo(AV)?
Footnotes
- Jeremías 8:2 Lit., y a quienes
- Jeremías 8:2 Lit., y a quienes
- Jeremías 8:4 Lit., no vuelve
- Jeremías 8:7 Lit., su venida
- Jeremías 8:10 Lit., a los poseedores
- Jeremías 8:13 Lit., recogeré
- Jeremías 8:14 Lit., y seamos silenciados
- Jeremías 8:14 Lit., silenciar
- Jeremías 8:15 Lit., Se esperaba
- Jeremías 8:16 Lit., fuertes
- Jeremías 8:18 Así dicen algunas versiones antiguas
- Jeremías 8:19 Lit., vanidades extranjeras
- Jeremías 8:22 Lit., subido
- Jeremías 8:22 O, curación
Jeremiah 8
New International Version
Jeremiah 8
New International Version
8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(A) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(B) from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(C) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(D) They will not be gathered up or buried,(E) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(F) 3 Wherever I banish them,(G) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(H) declares the Lord Almighty.’
Sin and Punishment
4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:
“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(I)
When someone turns away,(J) do they not return?
5 Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(K)
they refuse to return.(L)
6 I have listened(M) attentively,
but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(N) of their wickedness,
saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(O)
like a horse charging into battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(P)
the requirements of the Lord.
8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise,
for we have the law(Q) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
9 The wise(R) will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed(S) and trapped.(T)
Since they have rejected the word(U) of the Lord,
what kind of wisdom(V) do they have?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men
and their fields to new owners.(W)
From the least to the greatest,
all are greedy for gain;(X)
prophets(Y) and priests alike,
all practice deceit.(Z)
11 They dress the wound of my people
as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
when there is no peace.(AA)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
No, they have no shame(AB) at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when they are punished,(AC)
says the Lord.(AD)
13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine.(AE)
There will be no figs(AF) on the tree,
and their leaves will wither.(AG)
What I have given them
will be taken(AH) from them.[a]’”
14 Why are we sitting here?
Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(AI)
and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and given us poisoned water(AJ) to drink,
because we have sinned(AK) against him.
15 We hoped for peace(AL)
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.(AM)
16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(AN)
is heard from Dan;(AO)
at the neighing of their stallions
the whole land trembles.(AP)
They have come to devour(AQ)
the land and everything in it,
the city and all who live there.
17 “See, I will send venomous snakes(AR) among you,
vipers that cannot be charmed,(AS)
and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.
18 You who are my Comforter[b] in sorrow,
my heart is faint(AT) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
from a land far away:(AU)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King(AV) no longer there?”
20 “The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we are not saved.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
- Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Jeremiah 8
King James Version
Jeremiah 8
King James Version
8 At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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