11 So the Lord said to me, “(A)Do not pray for a good outcome on behalf of this people. 12 When they fast, I am (B)not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer (C)burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to (D)put an end to them by the (E)sword, famine, and plague.”

False Prophets

13 But I said, “Oh, Lord [a]God! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You (F)will not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting (G)peace in this place.’” 14 Then the Lord said to me, “The (H)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. (I)I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a (J)false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own [b]minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—(K)by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end! 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be (L)thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to (M)bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will (N)pour out their own wickedness upon them.

17 You will say this word to them,
(O)Let my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin (P)daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely (Q)infected wound.
18 If I (R)go out to the country,
There are those killed by the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
There are diseases from famine!
For (S)both prophet and priest
Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

19 Have You completely (T)rejected Judah?
Or have [c]You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we (U)are beyond healing?
We (V)waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
20 We (W)know our wickedness, Lord,
The wrongdoing of our fathers, for (X)we have sinned against You.
21 Do not despise us, (Y)for the sake of Your own name;
Do not disgrace the (Z)throne of Your glory.
Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the [d](AA)idols of the nations who (AB)give rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, Lord our God?
Therefore we (AC)wait for You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.

Judgment Must Come

15 Then the Lord said to me, “Even (AD)if (AE)Moses and (AF)Samuel were to (AG)stand before Me, My [e]heart would not be [f]with this people. (AH)Send them away from My presence and have them go! And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“Those destined (AI)for death, to death;
And those destined for the sword, to the sword;
And those destined for famine, to famine;
And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’

And I will (AJ)appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to kill, the (AK)dogs to drag away, and the (AL)birds of the sky and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy. I will (AM)make them an object of terror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of (AN)Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

“Indeed, who will have (AO)pity on you, Jerusalem,
Or who will (AP)mourn for you,
Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
You who have (AQ)forsaken Me,” declares the Lord,
“You keep (AR)going backward.
So I will (AS)stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am (AT)tired of relenting!
I will (AU)winnow them with a winnowing fork
At the gates of the land;
I will (AV)bereave them of children, I will destroy My people;
(AW)They did not [g]repent of their ways.
Their (AX)widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A (AY)destroyer at noon;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Shock and horror.
She who (AZ)gave birth to seven sons withers away;
[h]Her breathing is labored.
Her (BA)sun has set while it was still day;
She has been (BB)shamed and humiliated.
So I will (BC)turn over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares the Lord.

10 (BD)Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me
As a (BE)man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not (BF)lent, nor have people lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
11 The Lord said, “I will certainly (BG)set you free for purposes of good;
I will certainly make the (BH)enemy plead with you
In a time of disaster and a time of distress.

12 “Can anyone smash iron,
(BI)Iron from the north, or bronze?
13 I will give your (BJ)wealth and your treasures
As plunder (BK)without cost,
For all your sins
And within all your borders.
14 Then I will make your enemies bring your possessions
Into a (BL)land that you do not know;
For a (BM)fire has been kindled in My anger,
And it will burn upon you.”

Jeremiah’s Prayer and God’s Answer

15 (BN)You know, Lord;
Remember me, take notice of me,
And (BO)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that (BP)for Your sake I endure reproach.
16 Your words were found and I (BQ)ate them,
And Your (BR)words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart;
For I have been (BS)called by Your name,
Lord God of armies.
17 I (BT)did not sit in a circle of revelers and celebrate.
Because of Your hand upon me I sat (BU)alone,
For You (BV)filled me with indignation.
18 Why has my pain been endless
And my (BW)wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will You indeed be to me (BX)like a deceptive stream
With water that is unreliable?

19 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
(BY)If you return, then I will restore you—
(BZ)You will stand before Me;
And (CA)if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become [i]My spokesman.
They, for their part, may turn to you,
But as for you, you are not to turn to them.
20 Then I will (CB)make you to this people
A fortified wall of bronze;
And though they fight against you,
They will not prevail over you;
For (CC)I am with you to save you
And rescue you,” declares the Lord.
21 “So I will (CD)rescue you from the hand of the wicked,
And I will (CE)redeem you from the [j]grasp of the violent.”

Distresses Foretold

16 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, “You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.” For this is what the Lord says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their (CF)mothers who give birth to them, and their (CG)fathers who father them in this land: “They will (CH)die of deadly diseases, they (CI)will not be mourned or buried; they will be like (CJ)dung on the surface of the ground. And they will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the (CK)birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”

For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house of (CL)mourning, or go to mourn or to console them; for I have (CM)withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “and My (CN)favor and compassion. Both (CO)great people and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, people will not mourn for them, nor will anyone (CP)make cuts on himself or have his head (CQ)shaved for them. People will not (CR)break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother. Moreover, you shall (CS)not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to (CT)eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.

10 “Now it will happen that, when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘(CU)For what reason has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? And what is our wrongdoing, or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 Then you are to say to them, ‘It is (CV)because your forefathers have abandoned Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed (CW)other gods, and served and worshiped them; but they have abandoned Me and have not kept My Law. 12 You too have done evil, even (CX)more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the (CY)stubbornness of his own (CZ)evil heart, without listening to Me. 13 So I will (DA)hurl you off this land to the (DB)land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will (DC)serve other gods day and night, because I will show you no compassion.’

God Will Restore Them

14 (DD)Therefore behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who (DE)brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ 15 but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the (DF)land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.

Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 14:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Jeremiah 14:14 Lit heart
  3. Jeremiah 14:19 Lit Your soul
  4. Jeremiah 14:22 Lit futilities
  5. Jeremiah 15:1 Lit soul
  6. Jeremiah 15:1 Lit toward
  7. Jeremiah 15:7 Lit turn back from
  8. Jeremiah 15:9 Or She has breathed out her soul
  9. Jeremiah 15:19 Lit as My mouth
  10. Jeremiah 15:21 Lit palm

11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(A) for the well-being of this people. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(B) though they offer burnt offerings(C) and grain offerings,(D) I will not accept(E) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(F) famine(G) and plague.”(H)

13 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets(I) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.(J) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace(K) in this place.’”

14 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies(L) in my name. I have not sent(M) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,(N) divinations,(O) idolatries[a] and the delusions of their own minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish(P) by sword and famine.(Q) 16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury(R) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.(S) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.(T)

17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(U)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(V) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(W)
18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(X)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(Y)’”

19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(Z)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?(AA)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(AB)
20 We acknowledge(AC) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(AD)
    we have indeed sinned(AE) against you.
21 For the sake of your name(AF) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.(AG)
Remember your covenant(AH) with us
    and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols(AI) of the nations bring rain?(AJ)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(AK)

15 Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses(AL) and Samuel(AM) were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people.(AN) Send them away from my presence!(AO) Let them go! And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(AP)
those for starvation, to starvation;(AQ)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(AR)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(AS) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(AT) to kill and the dogs(AU) to drag away and the birds(AV) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(AW) I will make them abhorrent(AX) to all the kingdoms of the earth(AY) because of what Manasseh(AZ) son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

“Who will have pity(BA) on you, Jerusalem?
    Who will mourn for you?
    Who will stop to ask how you are?
You have rejected(BB) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out(BC) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.(BD)
I will winnow(BE) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(BF) and destruction on my people,(BG)
    for they have not changed their ways.(BH)
I will make their widows(BI) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(BJ)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(BK)
The mother of seven will grow faint(BL)
    and breathe her last.(BM)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced(BN) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword(BO)
    before their enemies,”(BP)
declares the Lord.

10 Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,(BQ)
    a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!(BR)
I have neither lent(BS) nor borrowed,
    yet everyone curses(BT) me.

11 The Lord said,

“Surely I will deliver you(BU) for a good purpose;
    surely I will make your enemies plead(BV) with you
    in times of disaster and times of distress.

12 “Can a man break iron—
    iron from the north(BW)—or bronze?

13 “Your wealth(BX) and your treasures
    I will give as plunder,(BY) without charge,(BZ)
because of all your sins
    throughout your country.(CA)
14 I will enslave you to your enemies
    in[b] a land you do not know,(CB)
for my anger will kindle a fire(CC)
    that will burn against you.”

15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(CD)
You are long-suffering(CE)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(CF)
16 When your words came, I ate(CG) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(CH)
for I bear your name,(CI)
    Lord God Almighty.
17 I never sat(CJ) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(CK) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?(CL)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.(CM)

19 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“If you repent, I will restore you
    that you may serve(CN) me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
    you will be my spokesman.(CO)
Let this people turn to you,
    but you must not turn to them.
20 I will make you a wall(CP) to this people,
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you
    but will not overcome(CQ) you,
for I am with you
    to rescue and save you,”(CR)
declares the Lord.
21 “I will save(CS) you from the hands of the wicked(CT)
    and deliver(CU) you from the grasp of the cruel.”(CV)

Day of Disaster

16 Then the word of the Lord came to me: “You must not marry(CW) and have sons or daughters in this place.” For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:(CX) “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried(CY) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(CZ) They will perish by sword and famine,(DA) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”(DB)

For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity(DC) from this people,” declares the Lord. “Both high and low will die in this land.(DD) They will not be buried or mourned,(DE) and no one will cut(DF) themselves or shave(DG) their head for the dead. No one will offer food(DH) to comfort those who mourn(DI) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(DJ) them.

“And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.(DK) For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(DL) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(DM) and bridegroom in this place.(DN)

10 “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’(DO) 11 then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped(DP) them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.(DQ) 12 But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors.(DR) See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts(DS) instead of obeying me. 13 So I will throw you out of this land(DT) into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known,(DU) and there you will serve other gods(DV) day and night, for I will show you no favor.’(DW)

14 “However, the days are coming,”(DX) declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(DY) 15 but it will be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north(DZ) and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’(EA) For I will restore(EB) them to the land I gave their ancestors.(EC)

Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 14:14 Or visions, worthless divinations
  2. Jeremiah 15:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 17:4); most Hebrew manuscripts I will cause your enemies to bring you / into

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our (A)labor and hardship: it was by (B)working night and day so as not to be a (C)burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the (D)gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and so is (E)God, of (F)how devoutly and rightly and blamelessly we [a]behaved toward you [b]believers; 11 just as you know how we were (G)exhorting and encouraging and (H)imploring each one of you as (I)a father would his own children, 12 so that you would (J)walk in a manner worthy of the God who (K)calls you into His own kingdom and (L)glory.

13 For this reason we also constantly (M)thank God that when you received the (N)word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it (O)not as the word of mere men, but as what it really is, the word of God, (P)which also is at work in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became (Q)imitators of (R)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are (S)in Judea, for (T)you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, (U)even as they did from the Jews, 15 (V)who both killed the Lord Jesus and (W)the prophets, and [c]drove us out. [d]They are not pleasing to God, [e]but hostile to all people, 16 (X)hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles (Y)so that they may be saved; with the result that they always [f](Z)reach the limit of their sins. But (AA)wrath has come upon them [g]fully.

17 But we, brothers and sisters, having been orphaned from you by absence for a [h]short while—(AB)in [i]person, not in [j]spirit—were all the more eager with great desire (AC)to see your face. 18 [k]For (AD)we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, [l](AE)more than once—and (AF)Satan (AG)hindered us. 19 For who is our hope, or (AH)joy or crown of pride, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His [m](AI)coming? Or is it not indeed you? 20 For you are (AJ)our glory and joy.

Encouragement of Timothy’s Visit

Therefore, (AK)when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to be left behind, alone at (AL)Athens, and we sent (AM)Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the benefit of your faith, so that no one would be [n]disturbed by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that (AN)we have been destined for this. For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; [o](AO)and so it happened, [p]as you know. For this reason, (AP)when I could no longer endure it, I also (AQ)sent to [q]find out about your faith, for fear that (AR)the tempter might have tempted you, and (AS)our labor would be for nothing.

But now that (AT)Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of (AU)your faith and love, and that you always (AV)think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, for this reason, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; for now we really live, if you (AW)stand firm in the Lord. For (AX)what thanks can we give to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God, 10 as we (AY)keep praying most earnestly night and day that we may (AZ)see your faces, and may (BA)complete what is lacking in your faith?

11 (BB)Now may (BC)our God and Father (BD)Himself, and our Lord Jesus, (BE)direct our way to you; 12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and (BF)overflow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; 13 so that He may (BG)establish your hearts (BH)blameless in holiness before (BI)our God and Father at the [r](BJ)coming of our Lord Jesus (BK)with all His [s]saints.

Notas al pie

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Lit became
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Or who believe
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Or persecuted us
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Lit and
  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Lit and
  6. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Lit complete their
  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or forever; lit to the end
  8. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit occasion of an hour
  9. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit face
  10. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit heart
  11. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Or Because
  12. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Lit both once and twice
  13. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Or presence
  14. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Or deceived
  15. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 Lit just as
  16. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 Lit and
  17. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Or to know, to ascertain
  18. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 Or presence
  19. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked(A) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone(B) while we preached the gospel of God to you. 10 You are witnesses,(C) and so is God,(D) of how holy,(E) righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(F) 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy(G) of God, who calls(H) you into his kingdom and glory.

13 And we also thank God continually(I) because, when you received the word of God,(J) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators(K) of God’s churches in Judea,(L) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people(M) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews 15 who killed the Lord Jesus(N) and the prophets(O) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(P) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(Q) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

17 But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),(R) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.(S) 18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan(T) blocked our way.(U) 19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown(V) in which we will glory(W) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?(X) Is it not you? 20 Indeed, you are our glory(Y) and joy.

So when we could stand it no longer,(Z) we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.(AA) We sent Timothy,(AB) who is our brother and co-worker(AC) in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ,(AD) to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(AE) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(AF) In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.(AG) For this reason, when I could stand it no longer,(AH) I sent to find out about your faith.(AI) I was afraid that in some way the tempter(AJ) had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.(AK)

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

But Timothy(AL) has just now come to us from you(AM) and has brought good news about your faith and love.(AN) He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.(AO) Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. For now we really live, since you are standing firm(AP) in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you(AQ) in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?(AR) 10 Night and day we pray(AS) most earnestly that we may see you again(AT) and supply what is lacking in your faith.

11 Now may our God and Father(AU) himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other(AV) and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless(AW) and holy in the presence of our God and Father(AX) when our Lord Jesus comes(AY) with all his holy ones.(AZ)

Notas al pie

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the music director; set to [a]El Shoshannim; [b]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

80 Listen, (A)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
Before (D)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, (E)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
God, (F)restore us
And (G)make Your face shine upon us, [c]and we will be saved.

(H)Lord God of armies,
(I)How long will You [d]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in [e]large measure.
You make us [f]an object of contention (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, [g]and we will be saved.

You removed a (L)vine from Egypt;
You (M)drove out the [h]nations and (N)planted it.
You (O)cleared the ground before it,
And it (P)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And [i]the cedars of God with its (Q)branches.
11 It was sending out its branches (R)to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Why have You (S)broken down its [j]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (T)eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

14 God of armies, do (U)turn back;
(V)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 The [k](W)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the [l]son whom You have [m]strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (X)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the (Y)rebuke of Your face.
17 Let (Z)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (AA)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not (AB)turn back from You;
(AC)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 Lord God of armies, (AD)restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, [n]and we will be saved.

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Notas al pie

  1. Psalm 80 Title Possibly, to the Lilies
  2. Psalm 80 Title Lit A testimony
  3. Psalm 80:3 Or that we may
  4. Psalm 80:4 Lit smoke against
  5. Psalm 80:5 Lit a third part of a
  6. Psalm 80:6 Lit strife to
  7. Psalm 80:7 Or that we may
  8. Psalm 80:8 Or Gentiles
  9. Psalm 80:10 Or its boughs are like the cedars of God
  10. Psalm 80:12 Or walls, fences
  11. Psalm 80:15 Or root
  12. Psalm 80:15 Or figuratively: branch
  13. Psalm 80:15 Or secured
  14. Psalm 80:19 Or that we may

Psalm 80[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock.(A)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(B)
    shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.(C)
Awaken(D) your might;
    come and save us.(E)

Restore(F) us,(G) O God;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(H)

How long,(I) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder(J)
    against the prayers of your people?
You have fed them with the bread of tears;(K)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(L)
You have made us an object of derision[b] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(M)

Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(N)

You transplanted a vine(O) from Egypt;
    you drove out(P) the nations and planted(Q) it.
You cleared the ground for it,
    and it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,[c]
    its shoots as far as the River.[d](R)

12 Why have you broken down its walls(S)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 Boars from the forest ravage(T) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 Return to us, God Almighty!
    Look down from heaven and see!(U)
Watch over this vine,
15     the root your right hand has planted,
    the son[e] you have raised up for yourself.

16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(V)
    at your rebuke(W) your people perish.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
    the son of man(X) you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
    revive(Y) us, and we will call on your name.

19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.

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Notas al pie

  1. Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.
  2. Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention
  3. Psalm 80:11 Probably the Mediterranean
  4. Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates
  5. Psalm 80:15 Or branch

Similitudes and Instructions

25 These also are (A)proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

It is the glory of God to (B)conceal a matter,
But the glory of (C)kings is to search out a matter.
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Take away the [a](D)impurities from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the (E)smith;
Take away the (F)wicked before the king,
And his (G)throne will be established in righteousness.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 25:4 Lit dross

More Proverbs of Solomon

25 These are more proverbs(A) of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:(B)

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(C)
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,
    so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Remove the dross from the silver,
    and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(D)
    and his throne will be established(E) through righteousness.(F)

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