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Jeremías 14
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Jeremías 14
Nueva Traducción Viviente
La terrible sequía en Judá
14 Jeremías recibió este mensaje del Señor que explica por qué detuvo la lluvia:
2 «Judá desfallece;
el comercio a las puertas de la ciudad se estanca.
Todo el pueblo se sienta en el suelo porque está de luto,
y surge un gran clamor de Jerusalén.
3 Los nobles envían a sus sirvientes a buscar agua,
pero los pozos están secos.
Confundidos y desesperados, los siervos regresan
con sus cántaros vacíos,
y con sus cabezas cubiertas en señal de dolor.
4 El suelo está reseco
y agrietado por falta de lluvia.
Los agricultores están profundamente angustiados;
ellos también se cubren la cabeza.
5 Aun la cierva abandona su cría
porque no hay pasto en el campo.
6 Los burros salvajes se paran sobre las lomas desiertas
jadeando como chacales sedientos.
Fuerzan la vista en busca de hierba,
pero no la hay por ninguna parte».
7 La gente dice: «Nuestra maldad nos alcanzó, Señor,
pero ayúdanos por el honor de tu propia fama.
Nos alejamos de ti
y pecamos contra ti una y otra vez.
8 Oh Esperanza de Israel, nuestro Salvador en tiempos de aflicción,
¿por qué eres como un desconocido?
¿Por qué eres como un viajero que pasa por la tierra
y se detiene solamente para pasar la noche?
9 ¿Estás confundido también?
¿Es nuestro guerrero valiente incapaz de salvarnos?
Señor, tú estás aquí entre nosotros
y somos conocidos como pueblo tuyo.
¡Por favor, no nos abandones ahora!».
10 Así que el Señor dice a su pueblo:
«A ustedes les encanta andar lejos de mí
y no se han contenido.
Por lo tanto, no los aceptaré más como mi pueblo;
ahora les recordaré todas sus maldades
y los castigaré por sus pecados».
El Señor le prohíbe a Jeremías que interceda
11 Luego el Señor me dijo:
—Ya no ores más por este pueblo. 12 Cuando ellos ayunen no les prestaré atención. Cuando me presenten sus ofrendas quemadas y las ofrendas de grano, no las aceptaré. En cambio, los devoraré con guerra, hambre y enfermedad.
13 Luego dije:
—Oh Señor Soberano, sus profetas les dicen: “Todo está bien, no vendrá guerra ni hambre. El Señor ciertamente les enviará paz”.
14 Entonces el Señor dijo:
—Esos profetas dicen mentiras en mi nombre. Yo no los envié ni les dije que hablaran. No les transmití ningún mensaje. Ellos profetizan visiones y revelaciones que nunca han visto ni oído. Hablan necedades, producto de su propio corazón mentiroso. 15 Por lo tanto, esto dice el Señor: yo castigaré a esos profetas mentirosos, porque han hablado en mi nombre a pesar de que no los envié. Dicen que no vendrá guerra ni hambre, ¡pero ellos mismos morirán en la guerra y morirán de hambre! 16 En cuanto a aquellos a quienes profetizan, sus cadáveres serán arrojados en las calles de Jerusalén, víctimas del hambre y de la guerra. No quedará nadie para enterrarlos. Se habrán ido todos: esposos, esposas, hijos e hijas. Pues derramaré sobre ellos su propia maldad. 17 Ahora bien, Jeremías, diles esto:
»“Mis ojos derraman lágrimas día y noche.
No puedo dejar de llorar
porque mi hija virgen—mi pueblo precioso—
ha sido derribada
y yace herida de muerte.
18 Si salgo al campo,
veo los cuerpos masacrados por el enemigo.
Si camino por las calles de la ciudad,
veo gente muerta por el hambre.
Los profetas y los sacerdotes continúan con su trabajo,
pero no saben lo que hacen”.
Oración por sanidad
19 Señor, ¿has rechazado por completo a Judá?
¿Verdaderamente odias a Jerusalén[a]?
¿Por qué nos has herido sin la menor esperanza de recuperarnos?
Esperábamos paz, pero la paz no llegó;
esperábamos un tiempo de sanidad, pero solo encontramos terror.
20 Señor, confesamos nuestra maldad
y también la de nuestros antepasados;
todos hemos pecado contra ti.
21 Por el honor de tu fama, Señor, no nos abandones;
no deshonres tu propio trono glorioso.
Por favor, recuérdanos,
y no rompas tu pacto con nosotros.
22 ¿Puede alguno de los inútiles dioses ajenos enviarnos lluvia?
¿O acaso cae del cielo por sí misma?
No, tú eres el único, ¡oh Señor nuestro Dios!
Solo tú puedes hacer tales cosas.
Entonces esperaremos que nos ayudes.
Footnotes
- 14:19 En hebreo Sion?
Jeremiah 14
New International Version
Jeremiah 14
New International Version
Drought, Famine, Sword
14 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:(A)
2 “Judah mourns,(B)
her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3 The nobles send their servants for water;
they go to the cisterns
but find no water.(C)
They return with their jars unfilled;
dismayed and despairing,
they cover their heads.(D)
4 The ground is cracked
because there is no rain in the land;(E)
the farmers are dismayed
and cover their heads.
5 Even the doe in the field
deserts her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.(F)
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(G)
and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
for lack of food.”(H)
7 Although our sins testify(I) against us,
do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(J)
For we have often rebelled;(K)
we have sinned(L) against you.
8 You who are the hope(M) of Israel,
its Savior(N) in times of distress,(O)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?(P)
You are among(Q) us, Lord,
and we bear your name;(R)
do not forsake(S) us!
10 This is what the Lord says about this people:
“They greatly love to wander;
they do not restrain their feet.(T)
So the Lord does not accept(U) them;
he will now remember(V) their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.”(W)
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(X) for the well-being of this people. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(Y) though they offer burnt offerings(Z) and grain offerings,(AA) I will not accept(AB) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(AC) famine(AD) and plague.”(AE)
13 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets(AF) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.(AG) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace(AH) in this place.’”
14 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies(AI) in my name. I have not sent(AJ) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,(AK) divinations,(AL) 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(AM) by sword and famine.(AN) 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(AO) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.(AP) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.(AQ)
17 “Speak this word to them:
“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(AR)
night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(AS) Daughter, my people,
has suffered a grievous wound,
a crushing blow.(AT)
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.(AU)
Both prophet and priest
have gone to a land they know not.(AV)’”
19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(AW)
Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?(AX)
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.(AY)
20 We acknowledge(AZ) our wickedness, Lord,
and the guilt of our ancestors;(BA)
we have indeed sinned(BB) against you.
21 For the sake of your name(BC) do not despise us;
do not dishonor your glorious throne.(BD)
Remember your covenant(BE) with us
and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols(BF) of the nations bring rain?(BG)
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.(BH)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:14 Or visions, worthless divinations
Jeremiah 14
American Standard Version
Jeremiah 14
American Standard Version
14 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles send their [a]little ones [b]to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads. 4 Because of the ground which is [c]cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads. 5 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass. 6 And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like [d]jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
7 Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. 8 O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that [e]turneth aside to tarry for a night? 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
10 Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 11 And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
13 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you [f]assured peace in this place. 14 Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart. 15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 17 And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound. 18 If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, [g]they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest [h]go about [i]in the land, and have no knowledge.
19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay! 20 We [j]acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee. 21 Do not [k]abhor us, for thy name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast [l]made all these things.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:3 Or, inferiors
- Jeremiah 14:3 Or, for water
- Jeremiah 14:4 Or, dismayed
- Jeremiah 14:6 Or, the crocodile
- Jeremiah 14:8 Or, spreadeth his tent
- Jeremiah 14:13 Hebrew peace of truth.
- Jeremiah 14:18 Hebrew the sicknesses of famine.
- Jeremiah 14:18 Or, traffic
- Jeremiah 14:18 Or, into a land that they know not
- Jeremiah 14:20 Or, know
- Jeremiah 14:21 Or, contemn
- Jeremiah 14:22 Or, done
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