1Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? (Ezr 9:15; Job 12:6; Job 21:7; Ps 37:1; Ps 37:7; Ps 51:4; Ps 73:3; Ps 92:7; Isa 21:2; La 1:18; Da 9:7; Hab 1:13; Mal 3:15)2You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart. (Isa 29:13)3But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter. (Ps 17:3; Ps 139:1; Jer 15:15; Jas 5:5; 2Pe 2:12)4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, “He will not see our latter end.” (Ps 107:34; Jer 4:25; Jer 7:20; Jer 9:10; Jer 12:11; Jer 23:10; Ho 4:3; Ro 8:22)
The Lord Answers Jeremiah
5“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? (Jos 3:15; Jer 49:19; Jer 50:44; Zec 11:3)6For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.” (Pr 26:25; Jer 9:4; Jer 11:19; Jer 11:21; Jer 12:1)7“I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies. (Isa 19:25; Jer 11:15)8My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her. (Jer 12:7)9Is my heritage to me like a hyena’s lair? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour. (Isa 46:11; Isa 56:9; Jer 7:33; Jer 12:7; Eze 39:17; Re 19:17)10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (Isa 63:18)11They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. (Isa 42:25; Jer 12:4)12Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.13They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their[1] harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.” (Le 26:16; De 28:38; Isa 55:2; Jer 4:8; Jer 4:26; Jer 25:37; Jer 30:24; Jer 49:37; Jer 51:45; La 1:12; La 4:11; Mic 6:15; Hab 2:13; Hag 1:6)14Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. (Ps 137:7; Jer 3:18; Zec 2:8)15And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land. (Jer 48:47; Jer 49:6)16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. (Jer 4:2; Jer 24:6; 1Pe 2:5)17But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord.” (Isa 60:12)
1Muy justo eres, oh YHVH, Para que yo dispute contigo; Pero alegaré una causa ante ti: ¿Por qué prosperan los malvados, Y los traidores viven en paz?2Los plantas, y echan raíces; Crecen y dan fruto; Cercano estás de sus bocas, Pero lejos de sus riñones.3Y Tú, oh YHVH, me examinas y me conoces, Tú me has visto y has probado mi corazón para contigo. ¡Arrebátalos como a ovejas al matadero; Conságralos para el día del degüello!4¿Hasta cuándo estará de luto la tierra, Y se marchitará la hierba del campo? Por la maldad de los que la habitan escasean el ganado y las aves, Y dicen: Él no ve nuestras andanzas.5Si ya estás cansado corriendo con la infantería, ¿Cómo podrás competir con la caballería? Si sólo en tierra segura te sientes tranquilo, ¿Qué harás en la maleza del Jordán?6tus propios hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun ellos te son desleales, aun ellos te calumnian a la espalda; no te fíes, aunque te digan buenas palabras.7He abandonado mi Casa, He desamparado mi heredad, He entregado en manos enemigas al amor de mi alma,8Porque mi heredad, rugiendo como león feroz, se volvió contra mí; Por eso la he aborrecido.9¿Es mi heredad para mí como un ave de muchos colores, Para que las otras aves de rapiña estén contra ella en derredor? ¡Id, juntad todas las fieras del campo y traedlas para que la devoren!10Entre tantos pastores destruyeron mi viña, Han hollado mi porción, Han convertido mi heredad deseada en un desierto desolado.11Sí, la han convertido en una desolación, Y desolada, llora sobre mí. Todo el país está desolado, Ya nadie reflexiona en su corazón.12Los asoladores han venido, Se ven sobre todas las alturas del desierto, Porque la espada de YHVH devora, Desde el uno hasta el otro extremo de la tierra, Y no hay paz para ninguna carne.13Sembraron trigo y han segado espinos; Se han cansado con trabajos, Pero no han sacado provecho. ¡Sed avergonzados en vuestras cosechas a causa del ardor de la ira de YHVH!14Así dice YHVH a todos mis malos vecinos, que se apropian de la herencia que Yo hice heredar a mi pueblo Israel: He aquí los arrancaré de sobre su tierra, y arrancaré a la casa de Judá de en medio de ellos.15Pero después que los haya arrancado, volveré a tener compasión de ellos, y los haré volver cada uno a su heredad y cada cual a su tierra.16Y sucederá que si en verdad quieren aprender los caminos de mi pueblo para poder invocar mi Nombre, diciendo: Vive YHVH (así como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal), que ellos serán establecidos en medio de mi pueblo.17Pero si no quieren escuchar, arrancaré a tal nación, sacando de raíz y destruyendo, dice YHVH.