Jeremías 3
La Biblia de las Américas
3 Dios dice[a]: Si un hombre se divorcia de su mujer,
y ella se va de su lado
y llega a ser de otro hombre,
¿volverá él a ella?
¿No quedará esa tierra totalmente profanada(A)?
Pues tú eres una ramera con muchos amantes[b](B),
y sin embargo, vuelves a mí(C) —declara el Señor.
2 Alza tus ojos a las alturas(D) desoladas y mira:
¿dónde no te has prostituido?
Junto a los caminos te sentabas para ellos(E)
como el árabe en el desierto,
y has profanado la tierra(F)
con tu prostitución y tu maldad.
3 Por eso fueron detenidas las lluvias(G),
y no hubo lluvia de primavera;
pero tú tenías frente de ramera,
no quisiste avergonzarte(H).
4 ¿No acabas de llamarme:
«Padre mío(I), tú eres el amigo[c](J) de mi juventud(K)», pensando:
5 «¿Guardará rencor para siempre(L)?
¿Estará indignado[d] hasta el fin?».
He aquí, así has hablado,
pero has hecho lo malo,
y has hecho tu voluntad[e].
Infidelidad de Israel y de Judá
6 Y el Señor me dijo en días del rey Josías: ¿Has visto lo que hizo la infiel Israel? Ella andaba sobre todo monte alto y bajo todo árbol frondoso, y allí fornicaba[f](M). 7 Y me dije: «Después que ella haya hecho todas estas cosas, volverá a mí»; mas no regresó(N), y lo vio su pérfida hermana Judá(O). 8 Y vio[g] que a causa de todos los adulterios de la infiel Israel, yo la había despedido, dándole carta de divorcio(P); con todo, su pérfida hermana Judá no tuvo temor, sino que ella también fue y se hizo ramera(Q). 9 Y sucedió que por la liviandad con que fornicó, profanó la tierra(R), y cometió adulterio con la piedra y con el leño(S). 10 A pesar de todo esto, su pérfida hermana Judá tampoco se volvió a mí de todo corazón(T), sino con engaño —declara el Señor.
11 Y el Señor me dijo: Más justa ha probado ser la infiel Israel que la pérfida Judá(U).
12 Ve y proclama estas palabras al norte, y di:
«Regresa, infiel Israel(V)» —declara el Señor—,
«no te miraré[h] con ira(W),
porque soy misericordioso» —declara el Señor—;
«no guardaré rencor para siempre(X).
13 Solo reconoce tu iniquidad,
pues contra el Señor tu Dios te has rebelado(Y),
has repartido tus favores[i] a los extraños(Z) bajo todo árbol frondoso(AA),
y no has obedecido mi voz» —declara el Señor.
14 «Volved, hijos infieles» —declara el Señor—, «porque yo soy vuestro dueño(AB), y os tomaré, uno de cada ciudad y dos de cada familia, y os llevaré a Sión(AC)». 15 Entonces os daré pastores según mi corazón, que os apacienten(AD) con conocimiento y con inteligencia(AE). 16 Y sucederá que en aquellos días, cuando os multipliquéis y crezcáis en la tierra —declara el Señor— no se dirá más: «Arca del pacto del Señor»; no les vendrá a la mente ni la recordarán, no la echarán de menos ni será hecha de nuevo(AF). 17 En aquel tiempo llamarán a Jerusalén: «Trono del Señor(AG)»; y todas las naciones acudirán a ella(AH), a Jerusalén, a causa del nombre del Señor(AI); y no andarán más tras la terquedad de su malvado corazón(AJ). 18 En aquellos días andará la casa de Judá con la casa de Israel(AK), y vendrán juntas de la tierra del norte(AL) a la tierra que di en heredad a vuestros padres(AM).
19 Yo había dicho:
«¡Cómo quisiera ponerte entre mis[j] hijos,
y darte una tierra deseable,
la más hermosa heredad de las naciones(AN)!».
Y decía: «Padre mío(AO) me llamaréis,
y no os apartaréis de seguirme».
20 Ciertamente, como una mujer se aparta pérfidamente de su amado[k],
así habéis obrado pérfidamente conmigo(AP),
oh casa de Israel —declara el Señor.
21 Se oye una voz sobre las alturas desoladas,
el llanto de las súplicas de los hijos de Israel;
porque han pervertido su camino(AQ),
han olvidado al Señor su Dios(AR).
22 Volved, hijos infieles,
yo sanaré vuestra infidelidad(AS).
Aquí estamos, venimos a ti,
porque tú, el Señor, eres nuestro Dios.
23 Ciertamente engaño son las colinas(AT),
y el tumulto sobre los montes;
ciertamente, en el Señor nuestro Dios
está la salvación de Israel(AU).
24 Pero lo vergonzoso consumió el trabajo de nuestros padres desde nuestra juventud: sus ovejas y sus vacas, sus hijos y sus hijas(AV). 25 Acostémonos en nuestra vergüenza, y que nos cubra nuestra humillación; porque hemos pecado contra el Señor nuestro Dios, nosotros y nuestros padres desde nuestra juventud hasta hoy(AW), y no hemos obedecido la voz del Señor nuestro Dios(AX).
Footnotes
- Jeremías 3:1 Lit., Diciendo
- Jeremías 3:1 Lit., compañeros
- Jeremías 3:4 Lit., guía
- Jeremías 3:5 Lit., Lo guardará
- Jeremías 3:5 Lit., y has podido
- Jeremías 3:6 O, era ramera
- Jeremías 3:8 Así en un ms. y en versiones antiguas; en el T.M., vi
- Jeremías 3:12 Lit., no haré que mi rostro caiga sobre vosotros
- Jeremías 3:13 Lit., caminos
- Jeremías 3:19 Lit., los
- Jeremías 3:20 O, compañero
Jeremiah 3
King James Version
3 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
6 The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
11 And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 3
New King James Version
Israel Is Shameless
3 “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife,
And she goes from him
And becomes another man’s,
(A)May he return to her again?’
Would not that (B)land be greatly polluted?
But you have (C)played the harlot with many lovers;
(D)Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
2 “Lift up your eyes to (E)the desolate heights and see:
Where have you not [a]lain with men?
(F)By the road you have sat for them
Like an Arabian in the wilderness;
(G)And you have polluted the land
With your harlotries and your wickedness.
3 Therefore the (H)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a (I)harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.
4 Will you not from this time cry to Me,
‘My Father, You are (J)the guide of (K)my youth?
5 (L)Will He remain angry forever?
Will He keep it to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken and done evil things,
As you were able.”
A Call to Repentance
6 The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what (M)backsliding Israel has done? She has (N)gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. 7 (O)And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous (P)sister Judah saw it. 8 Then I saw that (Q)for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had (R)put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; (S)yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. 9 So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she (T)defiled the land and committed adultery with (U)stones and trees. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me (V)with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.
11 Then the Lord said to me, (W)“Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward (X)the north, and say:
‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am (Y)merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.
13 (Z)Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God,
And have (AA)scattered your [b]charms
To (AB)alien deities (AC)under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; (AD)“for I am married to you. I will take you, (AE)one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to (AF)Zion. 15 And I will give you (AG)shepherds according to My heart, who will (AH)feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 “Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and (AI)increased in the land in those days,” says the Lord, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ (AJ)It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.
17 “At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, (AK)to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they (AL)follow[c] the dictates of their evil hearts.
18 “In those days (AM)the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of (AN)the north to (AO)the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.
19 “But I said:
‘How can I put you among the children
And give you (AP)a pleasant land,
A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’
“And I said:
‘You shall call Me, (AQ)“My Father,”
And not turn away from Me.’
20 Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her [d]husband,
So (AR)have you dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
21 A voice was heard on (AS)the desolate heights,
Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel.
For they have perverted their way;
They have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 “Return, you backsliding children,
And I will (AT)heal your backslidings.”
“Indeed we do come to You,
For You are the Lord our God.
23 (AU)Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,
And from the multitude of mountains;
(AV)Truly, in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
24 (AW)For shame has devoured
The labor of our fathers from our youth—
Their flocks and their herds,
Their sons and their daughters.
25 We lie down in our shame,
And our [e]reproach covers us.
(AX)For we have sinned against the Lord our God,
We and our fathers,
From our youth even to this day,
And (AY)have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:2 Kt. been violated
- Jeremiah 3:13 Lit. ways
- Jeremiah 3:17 walk after the stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 3:20 Lit. companion
- Jeremiah 3:25 disgrace
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
