Isaías 10
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Mensaje para los jefes de Israel
10 »¡Qué mal les va a ir a ustedes
los que inventan leyes
insoportables e injustas!
2 ¡Ustedes no protegen a los débiles
ni respetan los derechos de los pobres;
maltratan a las viudas
y les roban a los huérfanos!
3 »¿Qué harán cuando Dios
les pida cuenta de lo que hacen?
¿Qué harán cuando Dios
les mande el castigo que merecen?
¿A quién le pedirán ayuda?
¿Dónde esconderán sus riquezas?
4 »Porque ustedes serán humillados,
llevados presos y asesinados.
A pesar de todo esto,
el enojo de Dios no se calmará;
nos seguirá amenazando todavía.
Dios enviará a los asirios
5 »Dios dice:
“Estoy muy enojado;
por eso usaré al rey de Asiria
para castigar a los que me ofenden.
6 Le ordenaré que ataque
a este pueblo malvado;
que le quite sus riquezas
y lo pisotee como al barro de las calles.
7-8 ”Pero el rey de Asiria
cree que no está bajo mis órdenes;
más bien dice que todos los reyes
siguen sus instrucciones.
Él no piensa más que en destruir
y en arrasar a muchas naciones.
9 ”A este rey no le importó
si se trataba de Carquemis o de Calnó,
de Hamat o de Arpad,
de Samaria o de Damasco;
a todas estas ciudades las destruyó.
10 Por eso dice:
‘He vencido a muchas naciones
con más dioses que Jerusalén y Samaria.
11 Por eso destruiré a Jerusalén
así como destruí a Samaria.’”
12 »Dios hará lo que ha planeado hacer
contra el monte Sión y Jerusalén.
Y una vez que lo haya cumplido,
castigará al rey de Asiria
por su orgullo y su arrogancia.
13 »El rey de Asiria ha dicho:
“Yo soy muy inteligente.
Todo lo hago con sabiduría
y con mis propias fuerzas.
Como un valiente,
he vencido a muchos reyes.
Me he adueñado de sus países
y les he robado sus riquezas.
14 ”He arrasado con toda la tierra.
He dejado sin nada a los pueblos,
como quien roba huevos de un nido;
¡nadie movió un dedo,
nadie protestó!”
15 »Pero Dios dice:
“El rey de Asiria está equivocado,
porque ni el hacha ni la sierra
son más importantes
que el hombre que las maneja.
¡Dónde se ha visto que el bastón
controle al que lo usa!”
16 »Por eso el Dios todopoderoso
mandará una enfermedad;
una alta fiebre dejará sin fuerzas
a ese rey y a todo su ejército.
17 »El Dios único y perfecto
es nuestra luz,
y se convertirá en una llama de fuego;
en un solo día quemará
al ejército de Asiria,
como si fueran espinos y matorrales.
18-19 Dios destruirá por completo
la belleza de sus bosques y sus huertos.
Quedarán tan pocos árboles,
que hasta un niño los podrá contar.
Unos cuantos se volverán a Dios
20 »Cuando llegue ese día,
los pocos israelitas que se hayan salvado
dejarán de confiar en Asiria;
volverán a confiar en Dios,
el Dios santo de Israel.
21 Sólo unos cuantos israelitas
se volverán hacia el Dios de poder.
22 »Aunque ustedes, israelitas,
sean tan numerosos como la arena del mar,
Dios hará justicia,
pues la destrucción ya está decidida;
sólo unos cuantos se salvarán.
23 Así lo ha resuelto el Dios todopoderoso;
su decisión se cumplirá en el país.
La destrucción de Asiria
24 »Por eso, el Dios todopoderoso dice:
“Pueblo mío, que vives en el monte Sión,
no les tengas miedo a los asirios.
Ellos te golpean y maltratan
como antes lo hicieron los egipcios.
25 Pero dentro de poco tiempo
dejaré de estar enojado contigo.
Mi enojo será contra los asirios,
a quienes destruiré por completo.
26 Yo, el Dios todopoderoso,
los voy a castigar;
mostraré mi poder contra Asiria,
como lo mostré contra Egipto;
los destruiré como lo hice con Madián
donde está la roca de Oreb.
27 Entonces, yo, el Dios de Israel,
los libraré de los asirios
y de su terrible dominio”.
28 »El ejército asirio avanza
por el lado de Rimón;
llega hasta Aiat,
pasa por Migrón,
y deja su equipaje en Micmás.
29 Las tropas cruzan el desfiladero,
y pasan la noche en Gueba.
Tiembla de miedo la gente de Ramá,
y se escapa la gente de Guibeá de Saúl.
30 Se escuchan gritos de Bat Galim,
de Laisa, y de Anatot.
31 Se desbanda Madmená,
se esconden los habitantes de Guebim.
32 Hoy mismo los invasores asirios
se detienen en Nob;
dan la señal de atacar el monte Sión,
la ciudad de Jerusalén
33 »¡Miren a los asirios!
¡Son como árboles en un bosque!
El Dios todopoderoso
los derriba con una fuerza terrible;
a los más altos los corta,
y los tira al suelo.
34 ¡Dios derriba de un solo golpe
los árboles más bellos del Líbano!
Isaiah 10
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
10 Woe to those [judges] who issue unrighteous decrees, and to the magistrates who keep causing unjust and oppressive decisions to be recorded,
2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to make plunder of the rightful claims of the poor of My people, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 And what will you do in the day of visitation [of God’s wrath], and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you deposit [for safekeeping] your wealth and with whom leave your glory?
4 Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall [overwhelmed] under the heaps of the slain [on the battlefield]. For all this, [God’s] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
5 Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of My anger, the staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!
6 I send [the Assyrian] against a hypocritical and godless nation and against the people of My wrath; I command him to take the spoil and to seize the prey and to tread them down like the mire in the streets.
7 However, this is not his intention [nor is the Assyrian aware that he is doing this at My bidding], neither does his mind so think and plan; but it is in his mind to destroy and cut off many nations.
8 For [the Assyrian] says, Are not my officers all either [subjugated] kings or their equal?
9 Is not Calno [of Babylonia conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]? Is not Hamath [in Upper Syria] like Arpad [her neighbor]? Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Syria]? [Have any of these cities been able to resist Assyria? Not one!]
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols [which were unable to defend them,] whose graven images were more to be feared and dreaded and more mighty than those of Jerusalem and of Samaria—
11 Shall I not be able to do to Jerusalem and her images as I have done to Samaria and her idols? [says the Assyrian]
12 Therefore when the Lord has completed all His work [of chastisement and purification to be executed] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, it shall be that He will inflict punishment on the fruit [the thoughts, words, and deeds] of the stout and arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.
13 For [the Assyrian king] has said, I have done it solely by the power of my own hand and wisdom, for I have insight and understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples and have robbed their treasures; and like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones and the inhabitants.
14 And my hand has found like a nest the wealth of the people; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved its wing, or that opened its mouth or chirped.
15 Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it back and forth? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood [but a man of God]!
16 Therefore will the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send leanness among [the Assyrian’s] fat ones; and instead of his glory or under it He will kindle a burning like the burning of fire.
17 And the Light of Israel shall become a fire and His Holy One a flame, and it will [a]burn and devour [the Assyrian’s] thorns and briers in one day.(A)
18 [The Lord] will consume the glory of the [Assyrian’s] forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man pines away or a standard-bearer faints.
19 And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may make a list of them.
20 And it shall be in that day that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more lean upon him who smote them, but will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 A remnant will return [Shear-jashub, name of Isaiah’s son], a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For though your population, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it will return [and survive]. The [fully completed] destruction is decreed (decided upon and brought to an issue); it overflows with justice and righteousness [the infliction of just punishment].(B)
23 For the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, whatever is determined or decreed [in Israel], in the midst of all the earth.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, who smites you with a rod and lifts up his staff against you, as [the king of] Egypt did.(C)
25 For yet a little while and My indignation against you shall be accomplished, and My anger shall be directed to destruction [of the Assyrian].
26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up and brandish a scourge against them as when He smote Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the [Red] Sea, so shall He lift it up as He did in [the flight from] Egypt.(D)
27 And it shall be in that day that the burden of [the Assyrian] shall depart from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck. The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness [which prevents it from going around your neck].(E)
28 [The Assyrian with his army comes to Judah]. He arrives at Aiath; he passes through Migron; at Michmash he gets rid of his baggage [by storing it].
29 They go through the pass, they make Geba their camping place for the night; Ramah is afraid and trembles, Gibeah [the city] of [King] Saul flees.
30 Cry aloud [in consternation], O Daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! [Answer her] O you poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim seize their belongings and make their households flee for safety.
32 This very day [the Assyrian] will halt at Nob [the city of priests], shaking his fist at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 [But just when the Assyrian is in sight of his goal] behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will lop off the beautiful boughs with terrorizing force; the high in stature will be hewn down and the lofty will be brought low.
34 And He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon [the Assyrian] with its majestic trees shall fall by the Mighty One and mightily.(F)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:17 During a single night this prophecy was fulfilled, when “the Angel of the Lord went forth and slew 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the living arose early in the morning, behold, all these were dead bodies” (II Kings 19:35)—just when their victory over God’s people had seemed certain.
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