Lamentaciones 2
Dios Habla Hoy
2 ¡Tan grande ha sido el enojo del Señor,
que ha oscurecido a la bella Sión!
Ha derribado la hermosura de Israel,
como del cielo a la tierra;
ni siquiera se acordó, en su enojo,
del estrado de sus pies.
2 El Señor no ha dejado en pie
ni una sola de las casas de Jacob;
en un momento de furor ha destruido
las fortalezas de la bella Judá;
ha echado por tierra, humillados,
al reino y sus gobernantes.
3 Al encenderse su enojo, cortó de un tajo
todo el poder de Israel.
Nos retiró el apoyo de su poder
al enfrentarnos con el enemigo;
¡ha prendido en Jacob un fuego
que devora todo lo que encuentra!
4 El Señor, como un enemigo,
tensó el arco, afirmó el brazo;
igual que un adversario,
destrozó lo que era agradable a la vista;
como un fuego, lanzó su enojo
sobre el campamento de la bella Sión.
5 El Señor actuó como un enemigo:
destruyó por completo a Israel;
derrumbó todos sus palacios,
derribó sus fortalezas,
colmó a la bella Judá
de aflicción tras aflicción.
6 Como un ladrón, hizo violencia a su santuario;
destruyó el lugar de las reuniones.
El Señor hizo que en Sión se olvidaran
las fiestas y los sábados.
En el ardor de su enojo,
rechazó al rey y al sacerdote.
7 El Señor ha rechazado su altar,
ha despreciado su santuario;
ha entregado en poder del enemigo
las murallas que protegían la ciudad.
¡Hay un griterío en el templo del Señor,
como si fuera día de fiesta!
8 El Señor decidió derrumbar
las murallas de la bella Sión.
Trazó el plan de destrucción
y lo llevó a cabo sin descanso.
Paredes y murallas, que él ha envuelto en luto,
se han venido abajo al mismo tiempo.
9 La ciudad no tiene puertas ni cerrojos:
¡quedaron destrozados, tirados por el suelo!
Su rey y sus gobernantes están entre paganos;
ya no existe la ley de Dios.
¡Ni siquiera sus profetas tienen
visiones de parte del Señor!
10 Los ancianos de la bella Sión
se sientan silenciosos en el suelo,
se echan polvo sobre la cabeza
y se visten de ropas burdas.
Las jóvenes de Jerusalén
agachan la cabeza hasta el suelo.
11 El llanto acaba con mis ojos,
y siento que el pecho me revienta;
mi ánimo se ha venido al suelo
al ver destruida la ciudad de mi gente,
al ver que hasta los niños de pecho
mueren de hambre por las calles.
12 Decían los niños a sus madres:
«¡Ya no tenemos pan ni vino!»
Y caían como heridos de muerte
por las calles de la ciudad,
exhalando el último suspiro
en brazos de sus madres.
13 ¿A qué te puedo comparar o asemejar,
hermosa Jerusalén?
¿Qué ejemplo puedo poner para consolarte,
pura y bella ciudad de Sión?
Enorme como el mar ha sido tu destrucción;
¿quién podrá darte alivio?
14 Las visiones que tus profetas te anunciaron
no eran más que un vil engaño.
No pusieron tu pecado al descubierto
para hacer cambiar tu suerte;
te anunciaron visiones engañosas,
y te hicieron creer en ellas.
15 Al verte, los que van por el camino
aplauden en son de burla;
silban y mueven burlones la cabeza,
diciendo de la bella Jerusalén:
«¿Y es ésta la ciudad a la que llaman
la máxima belleza de la tierra?»
16 Todos tus enemigos
abren la boca en contra tuya.
Entre silbidos y gestos de amenaza, dicen:
«La hemos arruinado por completo.
Éste es el día que tanto esperábamos;
¡por fin pudimos verlo!»
17 El Señor llevó a cabo sus planes,
cumplió su palabra.
Destruyó sin miramientos
lo que mucho antes había resuelto destruir,
permitió que el enemigo se riera de ti
y puso en alto el poder del adversario.
18 ¡Pídele ayuda al Señor,
bella ciudad de Sión!
¡Deja correr de día y de noche
el torrente de tus lágrimas!
¡No dejes de llorar,
no des reposo a tus ojos!
19 Levántate, grita por las noches,
grita hora tras hora;
vacía tu corazón delante del Señor,
déjalo que corra como el agua;
dirige a él tus manos suplicantes
y ruega por la vida de tus niños,
que en las esquinas de las calles
mueren por falta de alimentos.
20 Mira, Señor, ponte a pensar
que nunca a nadie has tratado así.
¿Tendrán acaso las madres
que comerse a sus niños de pecho?
¿Tendrán los sacerdotes y profetas
que ser asesinados en tu santuario?
21 Tendidos por las calles
se ven jóvenes y ancianos;
mis jóvenes y jovencitas
cayeron a filo de espada.
En el día de tu ira, heriste de muerte,
¡mataste sin miramientos!
22 Has hecho venir peligros de todos lados,
como si acudieran a una fiesta;
en el día de tu ira, Señor,
no hubo nadie que escapara.
A los que yo crié y eduqué,
el enemigo los mató.
Lamentations 2
Louis Segond
2 Eh quoi! le Seigneur, dans sa colère, a couvert de nuages la fille de Sion! Il a précipité du ciel sur la terre la magnificence d'Israël! Il ne s'est pas souvenu de son marchepied, Au jour de sa colère!
2 Le Seigneur a détruit sans pitié toutes les demeures de Jacob; Il a, dans sa fureur, renversé les forteresses de la fille de Juda, Il les a fait rouler à terre; Il a profané le royaume et ses chefs.
3 Il a, dans son ardente colère, abattu toute la force d'Israël; Il a retiré sa droite en présence de l'ennemi; Il a allumé dans Jacob des flammes de feu, Qui dévorent de tous côtés.
4 Il a tendu son arc comme un ennemi; Sa droite s'est dressée comme celle d'un assaillant; Il a fait périr tout ce qui plaisait aux regards; Il a répandu sa fureur comme un feu sur la tente de la fille de Sion.
5 Le Seigneur a été comme un ennemi; Il a dévoré Israël, il a dévoré tous ses palais, Il a détruit ses forteresses; Il a rempli la fille de Juda de plaintes et de gémissements.
6 Il a dévasté sa tente comme un jardin, Il a détruit le lieu de son assemblée; L'Éternel a fait oublier en Sion les fêtes et le sabbat, Et, dans sa violente colère, il a rejeté le roi et le sacrificateur.
7 Le Seigneur a dédaigné son autel, repoussé son sanctuaire; Il a livré entre les mains de l'ennemi les murs des palais de Sion; Les cris ont retenti dans la maison de l'Éternel, Comme en un jour de fête.
8 L'Éternel avait résolu de détruire les murs de la fille de Sion; Il a tendu le cordeau, il n'a pas retiré sa main sans les avoir anéantis; Il a plongé dans le deuil rempart et murailles, Qui n'offrent plus ensemble qu'une triste ruine.
9 Ses portes sont enfoncées dans la terre; Il en a détruit, rompu les barres. Son roi et ses chefs sont parmi les nations; il n'y a plus de loi. Même les prophètes ne reçoivent aucune vision de l'Éternel.
10 Les anciens de la fille de Sion sont assis à terre, ils sont muets; Ils ont couvert leur tête de poussière, Ils se sont revêtus de sacs; Les vierges de Jérusalem laissent retomber leur tête vers la terre.
11 Mes yeux se consument dans les larmes, mes entrailles bouillonnent, Ma bile se répand sur la terre, A cause du désastre de la file de mon peuple, Des enfants et des nourrissons en défaillance dans les rues de la ville.
12 Ils disaient à leurs mères: Où y a-t-il du blé et du vin? Et ils tombaient comme des blessés dans les rues de la ville, Ils rendaient l'âme sur le sein de leurs mères.
13 Que dois-je te dire? à quoi te comparer, fille de Jérusalem? Qui trouver de semblable à toi, et quelle consolation te donner, Vierge, fille de Sion? Car ta plaie est grande comme la mer: qui pourra te guérir?
14 Tes prophètes ont eu pour toi des visions vaines et fausses; Ils n'ont pas mis à nu ton iniquité, Afin de détourner de toi la captivité; Ils t'ont donné des oracles mensongers et trompeurs.
15 Tous les passants battent des mains sur toi, Ils sifflent, ils secouent la tête contre la fille de Jérusalem: Est-ce là cette ville qu'on appelait une beauté parfaite, La joie de toute la terre?
16 Tous tes ennemis ouvrent la bouche contre toi, Ils sifflent, ils grincent des dents, Ils disent: Nous l'avons engloutie! C'est bien le jour que nous attendions, nous l'avons atteint, nous le voyons!
17 L'Éternel a exécuté ce qu'il avait résolu, Il a accompli la parole qu'il avait dès longtemps arrêtée, Il a détruit sans pitié; Il a fait de toi la joie de l'ennemi, Il a relevé la force de tes oppresseurs.
18 Leur coeur crie vers le Seigneur... Mur de la fille de Sion, répands jour et nuit des torrents de larmes! Ne te donne aucun relâche, Et que ton oeil n'ait point de repos!
19 Lève-toi, pousse des gémissements à l'entrée des veilles de la nuit! Répands ton coeur comme de l'eau, en présence du Seigneur! Lève tes mains vers lui pour la vie de tes enfants Qui meurent de faim aux coins de toutes les rues!
20 Vois, Éternel, regarde qui tu as ainsi traité! Fallait-il que des femmes dévorassent le fruit de leurs entrailles, Les petits enfants objets de leur tendresse? Que sacrificateurs et prophètes fussent massacrés dans le sanctuaire du Seigneur?
21 Les enfants et les vieillards sont couchés par terre dans les rues; Mes vierges et mes jeunes hommes sont tombés par l'épée; Tu as tué, au jour de ta colère, Tu as égorgé sans pitié.
22 Tu as appelé de toutes parts sur moi l'épouvante, comme à un jour de fête. Au jour de la colère de l'Éternel, il n'y a eu ni réchappé ni survivant. Ceux que j'avais soignés et élevés, Mon ennemi les a consumés.
Lamentations 2
1599 Geneva Bible
2 1 How hath the Lord [a]darkened the daughter of Zion in his wrath! and hath cast down from [b]heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his [c]footstool in the day of his wrath!
2 The Lord hath destroyed all the habitations of Jacob, and not spared: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath cast them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce wrath all the [d]horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his [e]right hand from before the enemy, and there was kindled in Jacob like a flame of fire, which devoured round about.
4 He [f]hath bent his bow like an enemy: his right hand was stretched up as an adversary, and slew all that was pleasant to the eye in the Tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his wrath like fire.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath devoured Israel and consumed all his palaces: he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah lamentation and mourning.
6 For he hath destroyed his Tabernacle, as a garden he hath destroyed his Congregation: the Lord hath caused the feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his wrath, the King and the Priest.
7 The Lord hath forsaken his altar: he hath abhorred his Sanctuary: he hath given into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a [g]noise in the House of the Lord, as in the day of solemnity.
8 The Lord hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he stretched out a line: he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart, [h]and the wall to lament: they were destroyed together.
9 Her gates are sunk to the ground: he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her King and her Princes are among the Gentiles: the Law is no more, neither can her Prophets [i]receive any vision from the Lord.
10 The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads: they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears: my bowels swell: my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings [j]swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They have said to their mothers, Where is [k]bread and drink? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, and when they [l]gave up the ghost in their mother’s bosom.
13 [m]What thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Jerusalem? what shall I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy Prophets have[n]looked out vain and foolish things for thee, and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity, but have looked out for thee false [o]prophecies, and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by the way, clap their hands at thee: they hiss and wag their head upon the daughter Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call, The perfection of beauty, and the joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth, saying, Let us devour it: certainly this is the day that we looked for: we have found and seen it.
17 (A)The Lord hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his word that he had determined of old time: he hath thrown down, and not spared: he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, and set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart (B)cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let tears run down like a river, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry in the night: in the beginning of the watches, pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thine hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the corners of all the streets.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done thus: shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a [p]span long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slain in the Sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and not spared.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my [q]terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I have nourished and brought up, hath mine enemy consumed.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:1 That is, brought her from prosperity to adversity.
- Lamentations 2:1 Hath given her a most sore fall.
- Lamentations 2:1 Alluding to the Temple, or to the Ark of the covenant, which was called the footstool of the Lord, because they should not set their minds so low, but lift up their hearts toward the heavens.
- Lamentations 2:3 Meaning, the glory and strength, as 1 Sam. 2:1.
- Lamentations 2:3 That is, his succor which he was wont to send us, when our enemies oppressed us.
- Lamentations 2:4 Showing that there is no remedy but destruction, where God is the enemy.
- Lamentations 2:7 As the people were accustomed to praise God to the solemn feasts with a loud voice, so now the enemies blaspheme him with shouting and cry.
- Lamentations 2:8 This is a figurative speech, as that was, when he said, the ways did lament, Lam. 1:4, meaning, that this sorrow was so great, that the insensible things had their part thereof.
- Lamentations 2:9 Or, find.
- Lamentations 2:11 Or, faint.
- Lamentations 2:12 Hebrew, wheat and wine.
- Lamentations 2:12 Hebrew, poured out the soul.
- Lamentations 2:13 Meaning, that her calamity was so evident, that it needed no witnesses.
- Lamentations 2:14 Because the false prophets called themselves Seers, as the others were called, therefore he showeth that they saw amiss, because they did not reprove the people’s faults, but flattered them in their sins, which was the cause of their destruction.
- Lamentations 2:14 Or, burdens.
- Lamentations 2:20 Or, brought up in their own hands.
- Lamentations 2:22 Or, enemies, whom I feared.
Lamentations 2
King James Version
2 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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