Isaías 17
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Profecía contra Damasco
17 Oráculo[a] contra[b] Damasco(A):
«Damasco dejará de ser ciudad(B),
Y vendrá a ser un montón de ruinas(C).
2 -»Abandonadas están las ciudades de Aroer[c](D).
Serán para los rebaños, para que se echen[d] en ellas(E),
Y no habrá quien los espante(F).
3 -»Desaparecerá la fortaleza de Efraín
Y la soberanía[e] de Damasco(G),
Y el resto de Aram
Vendrá a ser como la gloria de los israelitas(H)»,
Declara el Señor de los ejércitos.
Juicio sobre Israel
4 ¶«En aquel día la gloria de Jacob disminuirá(I),
Y enflaquecerá la gordura de su cuerpo[f](J).
5 -»Será como cuando el segador recoge la cosecha[g](K),
Y su brazo cosecha las espigas.
O será como el que recoge espigas
En el valle de Refaim(L).
6 -»Pero quedarán en él rebuscos como cuando se varea el olivo(M):
Dos o tres aceitunas en la rama más alta,
Cuatro o cinco en las ramas de un árbol fructífero»,
Declara el Señor, Dios de Israel.
7 En aquel día el hombre tendrá en estima a su Hacedor,
Y sus ojos mirarán al Santo de Israel(N).
8 No tendrá en estima los altares(O), obra de sus manos,
Ni mirará a lo que sus dedos hicieron(P):
Las Aseras[h] y los altares de incienso[i](Q).
9 Aquel día tus[j] ciudades fuertes serán como lugares
Abandonados en el bosque,
O como ramas[k] que fueron abandonadas[l] delante de los israelitas.
La tierra será una desolación.
10 Porque te olvidaste(R) del Dios de tu salvación(S)
Y no te acordaste de la Roca(T) de tu refugio.
Por tanto, siembras plantas deleitosas
Y les injertas[m] sarmientos de un dios extraño.
11 El día que las plantes las cercarás con cuidado,
Y por la mañana harás que florezca tu semilla(U).
Pero la cosecha será un montón inservible
En el día de enfermedad y de dolor incurable(V).
12 ¶¡Ay!, bramar de muchos pueblos
Que braman como el bramido de los mares(W);
Rugir de naciones
Que rugen como el rugido de violentas aguas(X).
13 Las naciones rugen como el rugido de muchas aguas(Y),
Pero Él las reprenderá(Z) y huirán lejos.
Serán perseguidas como la paja de los montes delante del viento,
Y como polvo de torbellino delante del vendaval(AA).
14 Al tiempo de la tarde, hay terror.
Antes de la mañana ya no existen(AB).
Tal[n] será la porción de los que nos despojan,
Y la suerte de los que nos saquean.
Footnotes
- 17:1 O Profecía.
- 17:1 O Carga de.
- 17:2 La versión gr. (sept.) dice: Abandonada para siempre.
- 17:2 Lit. y ellos se acostarán.
- 17:3 O poder real, reinado.
- 17:4 carne.
- 17:5 Lit. como la recogida de la cosecha, la mies.
- 17:8 I.e. símbolos de madera de una deidad femenina.
- 17:8 O pilares del sol.
- 17:9 Así en la sept., en el T.M. sus.
- 17:9 O copa del árbol.
- 17:9 En la versión gr. (sept.), los lugares desolados de los amorreos y de los hititas que ellos abandonaron.
- 17:10 Lit. siembras.
- 17:14 Lit. Esta.
Isaiah 17
New International Version
A Prophecy Against Damascus
17 A prophecy(A) against Damascus:(B)
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.(C)
2 The cities of Aroer(D) will be deserted
and left to flocks,(E) which will lie down,(F)
with no one to make them afraid.(G)
3 The fortified(H) city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory(I) of the Israelites,”(J)
declares the Lord Almighty.
4 “In that day(K) the glory(L) of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste(M) away.
5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
gathering(N) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(O)
in the Valley of Rephaim.(P)
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,(Q)
as when an olive tree is beaten,(R)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 In that day(S) people will look(T) to their Maker(U)
and turn their eyes to the Holy One(V) of Israel.
8 They will not look to the altars,(W)
the work of their hands,(X)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](Y)
and the incense altars their fingers(Z) have made.
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(AA) And all will be desolation.
10 You have forgotten(AB) God your Savior;(AC)
you have not remembered the Rock,(AD) your fortress.(AE)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,(AF)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning(AG) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(AH) will be as nothing(AI)
in the day of disease and incurable(AJ) pain.(AK)
12 Woe to the many nations that rage(AL)—
they rage like the raging sea!(AM)
Woe to the peoples who roar(AN)—
they roar like the roaring of great waters!(AO)
13 Although the peoples roar(AP) like the roar of surging waters,
when he rebukes(AQ) them they flee(AR) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(AS) on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.(AT)
14 In the evening, sudden(AU) terror!(AV)
Before the morning, they are gone!(AW)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
the lot of those who plunder us.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
Isaiah 17
English Standard Version
An Oracle Concerning Damascus
17 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.
2 The cities of (C)Aroer are deserted;
they will be for flocks,
which will lie down, and (D)none will make them afraid.
3 The fortress will disappear from (E)Ephraim,
and the kingdom from (F)Damascus;
and the remnant of Syria will be
like (G)the glory of the children of Israel,
declares the Lord of hosts.
4 And in that day (H)the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
and (I)the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
5 And it shall be (J)as when the reaper gathers standing grain
and his arm harvests the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
in (K)the Valley of Rephaim.
6 (L)Gleanings will be left in it,
as when an olive tree is beaten—
two or three berries
in the top of the highest bough,
four or five
on the branches of a fruit tree,
declares the Lord God of Israel.
7 (M)In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel. 8 (N)He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will not look on what his own fingers have made, either the (O)Asherim or the altars of incense.
9 (P)In that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the wooded heights and the hilltops, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.
10 For (Q)you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not remembered the (R)Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant plants
and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
11 though you make them grow[a] on the day that you plant them,
and make them blossom in the morning that you sow,
yet the harvest will flee away[b]
in a day of grief and incurable pain.
12 Ah, (S)the thunder of many peoples;
they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
13 (T)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
(U)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased (V)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
and (W)whirling dust before the storm.
14 (X)At evening time, behold, terror!
Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
and the lot of those who plunder us.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:11 Or though you carefully fence them
- Isaiah 17:11 Or will be a heap
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