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Jeremías 4
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Jeremías 4
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
4 «Israel, si piensas volver,
vuélvete a mí
—afirma el Señor—.
Si quitas de mi vista tus ídolos abominables
y no te alejas de mí,
2 si con fidelidad, justicia y rectitud
juras: “Por la vida del Señor”,
entonces “en él serán benditas las naciones,
y en él se gloriarán”».
3 Así dice el Señor
a los habitantes de Judá y de Jerusalén:
«Abrid surcos en terrenos no labrados,
y no sembréis entre espinos.
4 Habitantes de Judá y de Jerusalén,
marcad vuestro corazón con la señal del pacto:
circuncidaos para honrar al Señor,
no sea que por la maldad de vuestras obras
mi furor se encienda como el fuego
y arda sin que nadie pueda apagarlo.
La amenaza del norte
5 »¡Anunciadlo en Judá,
proclamadlo en Jerusalén!
¡Tocad la trompeta por todo el país!
Gritad en voz alta:
“¡Reuníos y entremos
en las ciudades fortificadas!”
6 Señalad a Sión con la bandera;
¡Buscad refugio, no os detengáis!
Porque yo traigo del norte
calamidad y gran destrucción.
7 Un león ha salido del matorral,
un destructor de naciones se ha puesto en marcha;
ha salido de su lugar de origen
para desolar tu tierra;
tus ciudades quedarán en ruinas
y totalmente despobladas.
8 Por esto, vestíos de luto,
lamentaos y gemid,
porque la ardiente ira del Señor
no se ha apartado de nosotros.
9 »En aquel día desfallecerá
el corazón del rey y de los jefes;
los sacerdotes se llenarán de pánico
y los profetas quedarán atónitos»,
afirma el Señor.
10 Yo dije: «¡Ah, Señor mi Dios,
cómo has engañado a este pueblo y a Jerusalén!
Dijiste: “Tendrán paz”,
pero tienen la espada en el cuello».
11 En aquel tiempo se les dirá
a este pueblo y a Jerusalén:
«Desde las estériles lomas del desierto
sopla un viento abrasador
en dirección a la capital de mi pueblo.
No es el viento que sirve para aventar
ni para limpiar el trigo;
12 el viento que haré venir
es demasiado fuerte para eso,
porque yo mismo
dictaré sentencia contra ellos».
13 ¡Miradlo avanzar como las nubes!
¡Sus carros de guerra parecen un huracán!
¡Sus caballos son más veloces que las águilas!
¡Ay de nosotros! ¡Estamos perdidos!
14 Jerusalén, limpia de maldad tu corazón
para que seas salvada.
¿Hasta cuándo hallarán lugar en ti
los pensamientos perversos?
15 Una voz anuncia desgracia
desde Dan y desde las colinas de Efraín.
16 «Advertid a las naciones,
proclamadlo contra Jerusalén:
“De lejanas tierras vienen sitiadores
lanzando gritos de guerra
contra las ciudades de Judá”.
17 La rodean como quien cuida un campo,
porque ella se rebeló contra mí
—afirma el Señor—.
18 Tu conducta y tus acciones
te han causado todo esto.
Esta es tu desgracia. ¡Qué amarga es!
¡Cómo te ha calado en el propio corazón!»
19 ¡Qué angustia, qué angustia!
¡Me retuerzo de dolor!
Mi corazón se agita. ¡Ay, corazón mío!
¡No puedo callarme!
Puedo escuchar el toque de trompeta
y el grito de guerra.
20 Un desastre llama a otro desastre;
todo el país está devastado.
De repente fueron destruidos
los pabellones y las tiendas donde habito.
21 ¿Hasta cuándo tendré que ver la bandera
y escuchar el toque de la trompeta?
22 «Mi pueblo es necio,
no me conoce;
son hijos insensatos
que no tienen entendimiento.
Son hábiles para hacer el mal;
no saben hacer el bien».
23 Miré a la tierra, y era un caos total;
miré a los cielos, y todo era tinieblas.
24 Miré a las montañas, y estaban temblando;
¡se sacudían todas las colinas!
25 Miré, y no quedaba nadie;
habían huido todas las aves del cielo.
26 Miré, y la tierra fértil era un desierto;
yacían en ruinas todas las ciudades,
por la acción del Señor,
por causa de su ardiente ira.
27 Así dice el Señor:
«Todo el país quedará desolado,
pero no lo destruiré por completo.
28 Por eso el país estará de luto,
y los altos cielos se oscurecerán,
pues ya lo dije, y no me retractaré;
lo he decidido, y no me volveré atrás».
29 Ante el ruido de arqueros y jinetes
huye toda la ciudad.
Algunos se meten en los matorrales,
otros trepan por los peñascos.
Toda la ciudad queda abandonada;
¡no queda un solo habitante!
30 ¿Qué piensas hacer, ciudad devastada?
¿Para qué te vistes de púrpura?
¿Para qué te pones joyas de oro?
¿Para qué te maquillas los ojos?
En vano te embelleces,
pues tus amantes te desprecian;
solo buscan tu muerte.
31 Oigo gritos como de parturienta,
gemidos como de primeriza.
Son los gemidos de la bella Sión,
que respira con dificultad;
que extiende los brazos y dice:
«¡Ay de mí, que desfallezco!
¡Estoy en manos de asesinos!»
Jeremiah 4
King James Version
Jeremiah 4
King James Version
4 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
Jeremiah 4
New International Version
Jeremiah 4
New International Version
4 “If you, Israel, will return,(A)
then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols(B) out of my sight
and no longer go astray,
2 and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear,(C) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(D)
then the nations will invoke blessings(E) by him
and in him they will boast.(F)”
3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Break up your unplowed ground(G)
and do not sow among thorns.(H)
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
circumcise your hearts,(I)
you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(J) will flare up and burn like fire(K)
because of the evil(L) you have done—
burn with no one to quench(M) it.
Disaster From the North
5 “Announce in Judah and proclaim(N) in Jerusalem and say:
‘Sound the trumpet(O) throughout the land!’
Cry aloud and say:
‘Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities!’(P)
6 Raise the signal(Q) to go to Zion!
Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(R) from the north,(S)
even terrible destruction.”
7 A lion(T) has come out of his lair;(U)
a destroyer(V) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
to lay waste(W) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins(X)
without inhabitant.
8 So put on sackcloth,(Y)
lament(Z) and wail,
for the fierce anger(AA) of the Lord
has not turned away from us.
9 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“the king and the officials will lose heart,(AB)
the priests will be horrified,
and the prophets will be appalled.”(AC)
10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(AD) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(AE) when the sword is at our throats!”
11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind(AF) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; 12 a wind(AG) too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments(AH) against them.”
13 Look! He advances like the clouds,(AI)
his chariots(AJ) come like a whirlwind,(AK)
his horses(AL) are swifter than eagles.(AM)
Woe to us! We are ruined!(AN)
14 Jerusalem, wash(AO) the evil from your heart and be saved.(AP)
How long(AQ) will you harbor wicked thoughts?
15 A voice is announcing from Dan,(AR)
proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.(AS)
16 “Tell this to the nations,
proclaim concerning Jerusalem:
‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land,(AT)
raising a war cry(AU) against the cities of Judah.(AV)
17 They surround(AW) her like men guarding a field,
because she has rebelled(AX) against me,’”
declares the Lord.
18 “Your own conduct and actions(AY)
have brought this on you.(AZ)
This is your punishment.
How bitter(BA) it is!
How it pierces to the heart!”
19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(BB)
I writhe in pain.(BC)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
My heart pounds(BD) within me,
I cannot keep silent.(BE)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(BF)
I have heard the battle cry.(BG)
20 Disaster follows disaster;(BH)
the whole land lies in ruins.(BI)
In an instant my tents(BJ) are destroyed,
my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard(BK)
and hear the sound of the trumpet?(BL)
22 “My people are fools;(BM)
they do not know me.(BN)
They are senseless children;
they have no understanding.(BO)
They are skilled in doing evil;(BP)
they know not how to do good.”(BQ)
23 I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;(BR)
and at the heavens,
and their light(BS) was gone.
24 I looked at the mountains,
and they were quaking;(BT)
all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there were no people;
every bird in the sky had flown away.(BU)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(BV)
all its towns lay in ruins(BW)
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(BX)
27 This is what the Lord says:
“The whole land will be ruined,(BY)
though I will not destroy(BZ) it completely.
28 Therefore the earth will mourn(CA)
and the heavens above grow dark,(CB)
because I have spoken and will not relent,(CC)
I have decided and will not turn back.(CD)”
29 At the sound of horsemen and archers(CE)
every town takes to flight.(CF)
Some go into the thickets;
some climb up among the rocks.(CG)
All the towns are deserted;(CH)
no one lives in them.
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