1 H ow the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty and splendor of Israel and has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger!

¡Cómo oscureció el Señor en su furor a la hija de Sión! Derribó del cielo a la tierra el esplendor de Israel, Y no se acordó del estrado de sus pies en el día de su furor.

2 T he Lord has swallowed up all the country places and habitations of Jacob and has spared not nor pitied; He has demolished in His wrath the strongholds of the Daughter of Judah. He has cast down to the ground the kingdom and its rulers, polluting them and depriving them of their sanctity.

Destruyó el Señor sin piedad todas las moradas de Jacob; Ha derruido las fortalezas de la hija de Judá, Ha echado por tierra y profanado al reino y a sus príncipes.

3 H e has broken off in His fierce anger every horn (means of defense) of Israel. He has drawn back His right hand from before the enemy. And He has burned amidst Jacob like a flaming fire consuming all around.

Cortó con el ardor de su ira todo el poderío de Israel; Retiró de él su diestra frente al enemigo, Y ha encendido en Jacob como una llama de fuego que devora todo alrededor.

4 H e has bent His bow like an enemy; He has stood with His right hand set like a foe and has slain all the delights and pride of the eye; on and in the tent of the Daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.

Entesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, Y destruyó cuanto era hermoso a la vista. En la tienda de la hija de Sión derramó como fuego su enojo.

5 T he Lord has become like an enemy; He has destroyed Israel. He has destroyed all its palaces, has laid in ruins its strongholds, and has multiplied in the Daughter of Judah groaning and moaning and lamentation.

El Señor se ha portado como enemigo, destruyó a Israel; Destruyó todos sus palacios, derribó sus fortalezas, Y multiplicó en la hija de Judá la tristeza y el lamento.

6 A nd He has violently broken down His temple like a booth or hedge of a garden; He has destroyed the place of His appointed assembly. The Lord has caused the solemn appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and has spurned and rejected in the indignation of His anger the king and the priest.

Ha forzado su cerca como la de un huerto; Destruyó el lugar en donde se congregaban; Jehová ha hecho olvidar las fiestas solemnes y los sábados en Sión, Y en el ardor de su ira ha desechado al rey y al sacerdote.

7 T he Lord has scorned, rejected, and cast off His altar; He has abhorred and disowned His sanctuary. He has given into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have raised a clamor in the house of the Lord as on a day of a solemn appointed feast.

Desechó el Señor su altar, menospreció su santuario; Ha entregado en manos del enemigo los muros de sus palacios; Se alzó un griterío en la casa de Jehová como en día de fiesta.

8 T he Lord purposed to lay in ruins the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He marked it off by measuring line; He restrained not His hand from destroying. He made rampart and wall lament; they languished together.

Jehová determinó destruir el muro de la hija de Sión; Extendió el cordel, no retrajo su mano de la destrucción; Hizo, pues, que se lamentara el antemuro y el muro, que juntamente se han desmoronado.

9 H er gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; the law is no more; her prophets also obtain no vision from the Lord.

Sus puertas fueron echadas por tierra, destruyó y quebrantó sus cerrojos; Su rey y sus príncipes están entre los gentiles. ¡Ya no hay Ley! Sus profetas tampoco reciben ya visión de Jehová.

10 T he elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground keeping silent; they have cast dust on their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Se sentaron en tierra, y callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sión; Echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, se ciñeron de cilicio; Las doncellas de Jerusalén inclinan sus cabezas hasta la tierra.

11 M y eyes fail from weeping, my emotions are deeply disturbed, my heart is poured out upon the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and nurslings faint in the streets of the city.

Mis ojos están consumidos de lágrimas, hierven mis entrañas, Mi hígado se derrama por tierra a causa del quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, Mientras desfallece el niño y el que mama, en las plazas de la ciudad.

12 T hey keep crying to their mothers, Where is corn and wine ? as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away on their mothers’ bosom.

Dicen a sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Mientras caen desfallecidos como víctimas en las calles de la ciudad, Derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.

13 W hat is sufficient for me to remind you for your ? To what shall I liken you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare you, that I may comfort you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as measureless as the sea! Who can heal you?

¿A quién atestiguaré por ti, o a quién te haré semejante, hija de Jerusalén? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, oh virgen hija de Sión? Porque grande como el mar es tu quebrantamiento; ¿quién te podrá curar?

14 Y our prophets have predicted for you falsehood and delusion and foolish things; and they have not exposed your iniquity and guilt to avert your captivity. But they have divined and declared to you false and deceptive prophecies, worthless and misleading.

Tus profetas vieron para ti falsedad e insensatez; Y no revelaron tu pecado para impedir tu cautiverio, Sino que te predicaron vanas profecías y extravíos.

15 A ll who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?

Todos los que pasan por el camino baten palmas sobre ti; Silban, y menean despectivamente sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusalén, diciendo: ¿Es ésta la ciudad que decían de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?

16 A ll your enemies have opened wide their mouths against you; they scornfully hiss and gnash their teeth. They cry, We have swallowed her up! Certainly this is the day we have looked for; we have it, we see it!

Todos tus enemigos abren contra ti su boca; Silban y rechinan los dientes; y dicen: Nos la hemos tragado; Ciertamente éste es el día que esperábamos; lo hemos hallado, lo vemos.

17 T he Lord has done what He planned; He has carried out and finished His word which He threatened and decreed in the days of old. He has demolished without pity; He has made the enemy rejoice over you and has exalted the might of your foes.

Jehová ha hecho lo que tenía determinado; Ha cumplido su palabra, la cual él había empeñado desde tiempo antiguo. Ha destruido sin piedad; Y ha hecho que el enemigo se alegre sobre ti, Y enalteció el poder de tus adversarios.

18 T he hearts cried to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes stop.

Clama desde el fondo de tu corazón al Señor; Oh hija de Sión, echa lágrimas cual torrente día y noche; No descanses, ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.

19 A rise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward Him for the lives of your young children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.

Levántate, da voces en la noche, al comenzar las vigilias; Derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; Alza tus manos a él implorando la vida de tus pequeñitos, Que desfallecen de hambre en las entradas de todas las calles.

20 B ehold, O Lord, and consider to whom You have done this. Should and shall women eat the fruit of their own bodies, the children whom they have tended and swaddled with their hands? Should and shall priest and prophet be slain in the place set apart of the Lord?

Mira, oh Jehová, y considera a quién has tratado así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres el fruto de sus entrañas, los pequeñitos puestos a su tierno cuidado? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?

21 T he young and the old lie on the ground in the streets; my maidens and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger, slaughtering them without pity.

Niños y ancianos yacen por tierra en las calles; Mis vírgenes y mis jóvenes cayeron a espada; Mataste en el día de tu furor; degollaste sin piedad.

22 Y ou called together, as on an appointed feast day of solemn assembly, my terrors (dangers) from every side. And there was not one in the day of God’s wrath who escaped or survived; those I have nursed and brought up, my enemy has destroyed.

Has convocado por todo el ámbito mis terrores, como en un día de solemnidad; Y en el día del furor de Jehová no hubo quien escapase ni quedase vivo; Los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los exterminó.