1 L a palabra que habló Jehová contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los caldeos, por medio del profeta Jeremías.

The word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

2 A nunciadlo en las naciones, y hacedlo saber; levantad también bandera, publicadlo, y no lo encubráis; decid: Tomada es Babilonia, Bel es avergonzado, desmayó Merodac; confusas están sus esculturas, desmayaron sus ídolos.

“ Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say, ‘ Babylon has been captured, Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered; Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’

3 P orque subió contra ella una nación del norte, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento, y no habrá quien en ella more; huyeron, y se fueron, tanto las personas como las bestias.

For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away!

4 E n aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos y los hijos de Judá juntamente; e irán andando y llorando, y buscarán a Jehová su Dios.

“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek.

5 P reguntarán acerca de Sión, vueltos sus rostros hacia acá, diciendo: Venid, y juntémonos a Jehová con pacto eterno que jamás se ponga en olvido.

They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

6 O vejas perdidas era mi pueblo; sus pastores las hicieron errar, por los montes las descarriaron; anduvieron de monte en collado, y se olvidaron de sus rediles.

“My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place.

7 T odos los que los hallaban, los devoraban; y decían sus enemigos: No pecamos, porque ellos pecaron contra Jehová, morada de justicia, contra Jehová, esperanza de sus padres.

“All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘ We are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness, Even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

8 H uid de en medio de Babilonia, y salid de la tierra de los caldeos, y sed como los machos cabríos que van delante del rebaño.

“Wander away from the midst of Babylon And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats at the head of the flock.

9 P orque he aquí que yo hago despertar y subir contra Babilonia una confederación de grandes pueblos de la tierra del norte; desde allí se pondrán en pie de guerra contra ella, y será tomada; sus flechas son como de valiente diestro, que no volverá vacío.

“For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon A horde of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed.

10 Y Caldea será para botín; todos los que la saqueen se saciarán, dice Jehová.

“ Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.

11 P orque os alegrasteis, porque os gozáis los que saqueáis mi heredad, porque rebrincáis como novilla sobre la hierba, y relincháis como caballos.

“Because you are glad, because you are jubilant, O you who pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing heifer And neigh like stallions,

12 V uestra madre se avergonzará mucho, se afrentará la que os dio a luz; he aquí será la última de las naciones; desierto, sequedal y páramo.

Your mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.

13 A causa de la ira de Jehová no será habitada, sino que será asolada toda ella; todo hombre que pase por Babilonia quedará atónito y silbará al ver todas sus heridas.

“Because of the indignation of the Lord she will not be inhabited, But she will be completely desolate; Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds.

14 P oneos en plan de batalla contra Babilonia alrededor, todos los que entesáis arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las saetas, porque pecó contra Jehová.

“Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows, For she has sinned against the Lord.

15 G ritad contra ella en derredor; se rindió; han fallado sus cimientos, derribados son sus muros, porque es venganza de Jehová. Tomad venganza de ella; haced con ella como ella hizo.

“Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her.

16 D estruid en Babilonia al que siembra, y al que mete hoz en tiempo de la siega; delante de la espada destructora cada uno volverá el rostro hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.

“Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the sword of the oppressor They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land.

17 R ebaño dispersado es Israel; leones lo dispersaron; el rey de Asiria lo devoró primero, Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia le quebró los huesos después.

“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

18 P or tanto, así dice Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo castigo al rey de Babilonia y a su tierra, como castigué al rey de Asiria.

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.

19 Y volveré a traer a Israel a su pastizal, y pacerá en el Carmel y en Basán; y en los montes de Efraín y en Galaad se saciará su alma.

And I will bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 E n aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, la maldad de Israel será buscada, y no aparecerá; y los pecados de Judá, y no se hallarán; porque perdonaré a los que yo haya dejado como remanente.

In those days and at that time,’ declares the Lord, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

21 S ube contra la tierra de Meratáyim, contra ella y contra los moradores de Pecod; devasta y destruye totalmente en pos de ellos, dice Jehová, y haz conforme a todo lo que yo te he mandado.

“Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them,” declares the Lord, “And do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 E struendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande.

“The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

23 ¡ Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra!; ¡cómo se convirtió Babilonia en desolación entre las naciones!

“How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!

24 T e puse lazos, y fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no te diste cuenta; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque te sublevaste contra Jehová.

“I set a snare for you and you were also caught, O Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged in conflict with the Lord.”

25 A brió Jehová su arsenal, y sacó las armas de su furor; porque ésta era la tarea que Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos, tenía que hacer en la tierra de los caldeos.

The Lord has opened His armory And has brought forth the weapons of His indignation, For it is a work of the Lord God of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.

26 V enid contra ella desde el extremo de la tierra; abrid sus almacenes, convertidla en montón de ruinas, y destruidla del todo; que no quede nada de ella.

Come to her from the farthest border; Open up her barns, Pile her up like heaps And utterly destroy her, Let nothing be left to her.

27 M atad a todos sus novillos; que vayan al matadero. ¡Ay de ellos!, pues ha venido su día, el tiempo de su castigo.

Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.

28 V oz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia, para dar en Sión las nuevas de la venganza de Jehová nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su templo.

There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, Vengeance for His temple.

29 H aced juntar contra Babilonia flecheros, a todos los que entesan arco; acampad contra ella alrededor; no escape de ella ninguno; pagadle según su obra; conforme a todo lo que ella hizo, haced con ella; porque contra Jehová se ensoberbeció, contra el Santo de Israel.

“Summon many against Babylon, All those who bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become arrogant against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.

30 P or tanto, sus jóvenes caerán en sus plazas, y todos sus hombres de guerra serán destruidos en aquel día, dice Jehová.

“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.

31 H e aquí yo estoy contra ti, oh tú, la insolencia misma, dice el Señor, Jehová de los ejércitos; porque tu día ha venido, el tiempo en que te castigaré.

“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” Declares the Lord God of hosts, “For your day has come, The time when I will punish you.

32 Y el que es la insolencia misma tropezará y caerá, y no tendrá quien lo levante; y encenderé fuego en sus ciudades, y devorará todos sus alrededores.

“The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set fire to his cities And it will devour all his environs.”

33 A sí dice Jehová de los ejércitos: Oprimidos fueron los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá juntamente; y todos los que los tomaron cautivos los retuvieron; se negaban a soltarlos.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, “The sons of Israel are oppressed, And the sons of Judah as well; And all who took them captive have held them fast, They have refused to let them go.

34 E l redentor de ellos es esforzado; Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre; de cierto abogará la causa de ellos para hacer reposar la tierra, y turbar a los moradores de Babilonia.

“Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to the earth, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 E spada contra los caldeos, dice Jehová, y contra los moradores de Babilonia, contra sus príncipes y contra sus sabios.

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord, “And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her wise men!

36 E spada contra los adivinos, y se entontecerán; espada contra sus valientes, y desmayarán.

“A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!

37 E spada contra sus caballos, contra sus carros, y contra toda la mezcolanza de gentes que hay en medio de ella, y serán como mujeres; espada contra sus tesoros, y serán saqueados.

“A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

38 S equedad sobre sus aguas, y se secarán; porque es tierra de ídolos, y se entontecen con imágenes de horror.

“A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up! For it is a land of idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols.

39 P or tanto, allí morarán hienas y chacales, morarán también en ella los avestruces; nunca más será poblada ni se habitará por generaciones y generaciones.

“Therefore the desert creatures will live there along with the jackals; The ostriches also will live in it, And it will never again be inhabited Or dwelt in from generation to generation.

40 C omo en la destrucción que Dios hizo de Sodoma y de Gomorra y de sus ciudades vecinas, dice Jehová, así no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará.

“As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord, “No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it.

41 H e aquí que viene un pueblo del norte, y una nación grande, y muchos reyes se levantarán de los extremos de la tierra.

“Behold, a people is coming from the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

42 A rco y lanza manejarán; son crueles, y no tienen compasión; su voz como el mar cuando ruge, y montan sobre caballos; se prepararán contra ti como hombres a la pelea, oh hija de Babilonia.

“They seize their bow and javelin; They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, Marshalled like a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

43 O yó el rey de Babilonia noticias de ellos, y sus manos se debilitaron; angustia le asaltó, dolor como de mujer de parto.

“The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp; Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth.

44 H e aquí que como león subirá de la espesura del Jordán a la morada fortificada; porque muy pronto le haré huir de ella, y al que yo escoja la encargaré; porque ¿quién es semejante a mí?; ¿y quién me emplazará?; ¿o quién será aquel pastor que podrá resistirme?

“ Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court ? And who then is the shepherd who can stand before Me?”

45 P or tanto, oíd la determinación que Jehová ha acordado contra Babilonia, y los designios que ha trazado contra la tierra de los caldeos: Ciertamente las crías del rebaño los arrastrarán, y asolarán sus pastizales sobre ellos.

Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

46 A l grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló, y el clamor se oyó entre las naciones.

At the shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations.