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Jeremías 23
Dios Habla Hoy
Jeremías 23
Dios Habla Hoy
Esperanzas para el futuro
23 El Señor afirma: «¡Ay de los pastores que dejan que mis ovejas se pierdan y dispersen!»
2 El Señor, el Dios de Israel, dice a los pastores que gobiernan a su pueblo: «Ustedes han dispersado mis ovejas, las han hecho huir y no las han cuidado. Pues bien, yo tendré buen cuidado de castigar sus malas acciones. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo. 3 Y yo mismo traeré el resto de mis ovejas de los países adonde las hice huir, las reuniré y las haré volver a sus pastos, para que tengan muchas crías. 4 Les pondré pastores que las cuiden, para que no tengan nada que temer ni falte ninguna de ellas. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.»
5 El Señor afirma:
«Vendrá un día en que haré
que David tenga un descendiente legítimo,
un rey que reine con sabiduría
y que actúe con justicia y rectitud en el país.
6 Durante su reinado, Judá estará a salvo,
y también Israel vivirá seguro.
Éste es el nombre con que lo llamarán:
“El Señor es nuestra victoria.”»
7 El Señor afirma: «Vendrán días en que ya no jurarán diciendo: “Por la vida del Señor, que sacó a los israelitas de Egipto”, 8 sino que jurarán diciendo: “Por la vida del Señor, que sacó a los descendientes de Israel, del país del norte y de todos los demás países por donde los había dispersado.” Y vivirán en su propia tierra.»
Mensaje acerca de los profetas
9 Mensaje acerca de los profetas:
Estoy profundamente perturbado;
todo el cuerpo me tiembla,
parezco un borracho,
un hombre dominado por el vino,
por causa del Señor
y de sus palabras santas.
10 El país está lleno de adúlteros,
de gente que corre a hacer el mal,
que usa su poder para cometer injusticias.
Por eso el Señor maldijo la tierra,
y la tierra se secó,
y los pastos del desierto se quemaron.
11 El Señor afirma:
«Hasta los profetas y los sacerdotes son impíos;
en mi propio templo los he encontrado haciendo el mal.
12 Por eso su camino
será oscuro y resbaladizo:
yo haré que los empujen y caigan.
Cuando ajuste cuentas con ellos,
traeré sobre ellos la desgracia.
Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.
13 »Yo he visto a los profetas de Samaria
hacer cosas que me ofenden:
han profetizado en nombre de Baal
y han hecho que mi pueblo Israel se extravíe.
14 Yo he visto a los profetas de Jerusalén
hacer cosas horribles:
cometen adulterios y fraudes,
animan de tal modo a los malvados
que nadie se aparta de su maldad.
Ellos y los habitantes de la ciudad
son para mí como Sodoma y Gomorra.
15 Por eso yo, el Señor todopoderoso,
digo esto contra los profetas:
Voy a darles de comer algo muy amargo;
voy a darles de beber agua envenenada,
porque de los profetas de Jerusalén
se ha extendido la maldad a todo el país.»
16 El Señor todopoderoso dice:
«Israelitas, no hagan caso
a lo que les dicen los profetas.
Lo que dicen no son más que mentiras,
cosas que ellos mismos inventan,
que yo no les he comunicado.
17 A los que desprecian mi palabra
les dicen: “Todo les saldrá bien.”
Y a los que siguen tercamente
las inclinaciones de su corazón,
les dicen: “No les vendrá ningún mal.”»
Exclamación de Jeremías
18 Pero ¿quién asistió al concilio secreto del Señor?,
¿quién ha visto o escuchado su palabra?,
¿quién le ha prestado atención?
19 La ira del Señor es como una tormenta,
como un viento huracanado
que se agita sobre los malvados.
20 La ira del Señor no cesará
hasta que él haya realizado sus propósitos.
Vendrá el tiempo en que ustedes pensarán
y entenderán estas cosas.
Mensaje del Señor contra los falsos profetas
21 «Yo no envié a esos profetas,
y ni siquiera les hablé,
pero ellos salieron corriendo
a hablar en mi nombre.
22 Si hubieran conocido mis secretos,
habrían anunciado mi palabra a mi pueblo;
lo habrían hecho apartarse de su mal camino
y dejar sus malas acciones.»
23 El Señor afirma:
«Lejos o cerca, yo soy Dios.
24 ¿Quién podrá esconderse de mi vista?
Con mi presencia lleno el cielo y la tierra.
Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.
25 »He oído las mentiras de esos profetas que pretenden hablar en mi nombre y comunicarse en sueños conmigo. 26 ¿Hasta cuándo esos profetas van a seguir anunciando cosas falsas, inventos de su propia fantasía? 27 Con los sueños que se cuentan unos a otros, pretenden hacer que mi pueblo se olvide de mí, como también sus antepasados me olvidaron y se fueron tras Baal. 28-29 ¡Si un profeta tiene un sueño, que diga que es un sueño, pero si recibe mi palabra, que la anuncie fielmente! No se puede comparar la paja con el trigo. Mi palabra es como el fuego, como un martillo que hace pedazos la roca. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.
30 »Por eso me declaro contra esos profetas que se roban unos a otros mis palabras. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo. 31 Me declaro contra esos profetas que hacen pasar como mensaje mío cosas que ellos inventan. 32 Me declaro contra esos profetas que cuentan sueños mentirosos; que con sus mentiras y habladurías hacen que mi pueblo se extravíe. Yo no los he enviado ni les he dado orden alguna, así que son incapaces de ayudar al pueblo. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.
Cómo hablar de los mensajes del Señor
33 »Jeremías, si alguna persona del pueblo o un profeta o un sacerdote te pregunta: “¿Cuál es el encargo del Señor?” diles: “El Señor afirma que su carga son ustedes, y que la va a dejar caer.” 34 Y si un profeta o un sacerdote o una persona del pueblo usa la frase “encargo del Señor”, yo le castigaré, a él y a su familia. 35 Cuando alguien le pregunte a un amigo o familiar suyo, podrá decir: “¿Qué respuesta ha dado el Señor? ¿Qué ha dicho?” 36 Pero no vuelvan a usar la frase “encargo del Señor”, porque si alguien la usa, haré que sus palabras se le vuelvan una carga. Ustedes han pervertido el sentido de las palabras del Dios viviente, de su Dios, el Señor todopoderoso.
37 »Jeremías, pregunta a los profetas: “¿Qué respuesta ha dado el Señor? ¿Qué ha dicho?” 38 Y si dicen “encargo del Señor”, respóndeles: “El Señor dice: Puesto que ustedes siguen usando la frase que les prohibí que usaran, 39 yo los levantaré como una carga, a ustedes y a la ciudad que les di a ustedes y a sus antepasados, y los dejaré caer lejos de mí. 40 Y para siempre traeré sobre ustedes humillación y vergüenza tales que no podrán olvidarlas.”»
Jeremiah 23
New International Version
Jeremiah 23
New International Version
The Righteous Branch
23 “Woe to the shepherds(A) who are destroying and scattering(B) the sheep of my pasture!”(C) declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds(D) who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock(E) and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil(F) you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant(G) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,(H) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds(I) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid(J) or terrified, nor will any be missing,(K)” declares the Lord.
5 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(L)
a King(M) who will reign(N) wisely
and do what is just and right(O) in the land.
6 In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.(P)
This is the name(Q) by which he will be called:
The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(R)
7 “So then, the days are coming,”(S) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(T) 8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(U)
Lying Prophets
9 Concerning the prophets:
My heart(V) is broken within me;
all my bones tremble.(W)
I am like a drunken man,
like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and his holy words.(X)
10 The land is full of adulterers;(Y)
because of the curse[b](Z) the land lies parched
and the pastures(AA) in the wilderness are withered.(AB)
The prophets follow an evil course
and use their power unjustly.
11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;(AC)
even in my temple(AD) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;(AE)
they will be banished to darkness
and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
in the year they are punished,(AF)”
declares the Lord.
13 “Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal(AG)
and led my people Israel astray.(AH)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:(AI)
They commit adultery and live a lie.(AJ)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(AK)
so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(AL)
They are all like Sodom(AM) to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(AN)
15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:
“I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,(AO)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness(AP) has spread throughout the land.”
16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Do not listen(AQ) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions(AR) from their own minds,
not from the mouth(AS) of the Lord.
17 They keep saying(AT) to those who despise me,
‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(AU)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(AV) of their hearts
they say, ‘No harm(AW) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(AX) of the Lord
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(AY) of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(AZ) swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger(BA) of the Lord will not turn back(BB)
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send(BC) these prophets,
yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
yet they have prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,(BD)
they would have proclaimed(BE) my words to my people
and would have turned(BF) them from their evil ways
and from their evil deeds.(BG)
23 “Am I only a God nearby,(BH)”
declares the Lord,
“and not a God far away?
24 Who can hide(BI) in secret places
so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(BJ)
declares the Lord.
25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies(BK) in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!(BL) I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions(BM) of their own minds?(BN) 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget(BO) my name, just as their ancestors forgot(BP) my name through Baal worship.(BQ) 28 Let the prophet who has a dream(BR) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word(BS) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,”(BT) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(BU) that breaks a rock in pieces?
30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against(BV) the prophets(BW) who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’(BX) 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,(BY)” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray(BZ) with their reckless lies,(CA) yet I did not send(CB) or appoint them. They do not benefit(CC) these people in the least,” declares the Lord.
False Prophecy
33 “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message(CD) from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake(CE) you, declares the Lord.’ 34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message(CF) from the Lord,’ I will punish(CG) them and their household. 35 This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’(CH) or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36 But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort(CI) the words of the living God,(CJ) the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38 Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ 39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast(CK) you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace(CL)—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line
- Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things
Jeremiah 23
King James Version
Jeremiah 23
King James Version
23 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.
7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.
33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house.
35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
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