Isaías 59
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Confesión del pecado de Israel
59 Bien pueden ver que la mano del Señor no está impedida para salvar, ni sus oídos se han agravado para no oír. 2 Son las iniquidades de ustedes las que han creado una división entre ustedes y su Dios. Son sus pecados los que le han llevado a volverles la espalda para no escucharlos.
3 ¡Ustedes tienen las manos manchadas de sangre! Sus dedos están llenos de iniquidad! ¡Mienten con los labios y emiten maldad con la lengua! 4 No hay quien clame por la justicia, ni quien juzgue con la verdad; confían en lo que no es, y profieren mentiras; conciben maldades, y dan a luz iniquidad. 5 Incuban huevos de áspides, y tejen telarañas; el que coma de esos huevos, morirá; y el que los exprima, sacará de allí una víbora. 6 Sus telas no sirven para vestir, así que no podrán cubrirse con lo que hacen; sus obras son obras de iniquidad; lo que hacen es producto de la rapiña. 7 Sus pies corren al mal y se apresuran para derramar sangre inocente; sus pensamientos son pensamientos malvados; en sus caminos sólo hay destrucción y quebrantamiento. 8 No conocen el camino de la paz,(A) ni hay justicia en sus caminos; sus veredas son torcidas, y todo el que las siga jamás conocerá la paz.
9 Por eso la justicia se alejó de nosotros, y el derecho no nos alcanzó; esperábamos luz, y lo que tenemos son tinieblas; resplandores, y andamos en la oscuridad. 10 Palpamos la pared y andamos a tientas, como si fuéramos ciegos o no tuviéramos ojos; tropezamos a plena luz del día, como si fuera de noche; nos contamos entre los fuertes, y parecemos muertos. 11 Todos nosotros gruñimos como osos, pero nuestras quejas son gemidos de paloma; esperábamos justicia, y no la hay; ¡la salvación se ha alejado de nosotros!
12 Ciertamente, nuestras rebeliones ante ti se han multiplicado; nuestros pecados nos acusan, nuestras iniquidades nos persiguen, ¡y bien sabemos que hemos pecado! 13 Hemos ofendido al Señor, le hemos mentido, nos hemos alejado de nuestro Dios. Lanzamos calumnias, nos rebelamos, y en el corazón concebimos y hacemos crecer la mentira. 14 Mantenemos lejos de nosotros a la justicia y el derecho; la verdad es obstaculizada en la plaza, y a la equidad no se le permite llegar. 15 En ninguna parte se encuentra la verdad. A quien se aparta del mal se le pone en prisión.
El Señor vio esto, y le fue muy desagradable ver que ya no había derecho. 16 Buscó a alguien, y se asombró al ver que nadie intervenía. Entonces intervino su brazo para salvar, y para establecer su justicia:(B) 17 se revistió de justicia como con una coraza,(C) y se cubrió la cabeza con un yelmo de victoria;(D) por vestiduras tomó ropas de venganza, y el celo por su pueblo lo cubrió como un manto. 18 Y se dispuso a vindicarlos, a retribuir con ira a sus enemigos y darles su merecido a su adversarios de las costas lejanas. 19 Del oriente al occidente temerán el nombre del Señor y reconocerán su poder. Ciertamente el enemigo vendrá como un río caudaloso, pero el espíritu del Señor desplegará su bandera contra él. 20 Entonces vendrá el Redentor a Sión; vendrá a todos los de Jacob que se arrepientan de su maldad.(E)
—Palabra del Señor.
21 El Señor ha dicho:
«Éste será el pacto que haré con ellos: Mi espíritu está sobre ti, y desde ahora y para siempre las palabras que puse en tu boca nunca se apartarán de tus labios, ni de los labios de tus hijos, ni de los labios de tus nietos.»
Isaiah 59
King James Version
59 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Isaiah 59
New International Version
Sin, Confession and Redemption
59 Surely the arm(A) of the Lord is not too short(B) to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.(C)
2 But your iniquities have separated(D)
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.(E)
3 For your hands are stained with blood,(F)
your fingers with guilt.(G)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(H)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(I)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(J) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(K)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(L)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(M)
and spin a spider’s web.(N)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(O)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence(P) are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.(Q)
They pursue evil schemes;(R)
acts of violence mark their ways.(S)
8 The way of peace they do not know;(T)
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(U)
no one who walks along them will know peace.(V)
9 So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(W)
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind(X) we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(Y) as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.(Z)
11 We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.(AA)
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses(AB) are many in your sight,
and our sins testify(AC) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:(AD)
13 rebellion(AE) and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs(AF) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,(AG)
uttering lies(AH) our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice(AI) is driven back,
and righteousness(AJ) stands at a distance;
truth(AK) has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(AL) is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.(AM)
16 He saw that there was no one,(AN)
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(AO)
so his own arm achieved salvation(AP) for him,
and his own righteousness(AQ) sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(AR)
and the helmet(AS) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(AT) of vengeance(AU)
and wrapped himself in zeal(AV) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(AW)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(AX) their due.
19 From the west,(AY) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(AZ) they will revere his glory.(BA)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(BB) of the Lord drives along.[a]
20 “The Redeemer(BC) will come to Zion,(BD)
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(BE)
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant(BF) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(BG) who is on you, will not depart from you,(BH) and my words that I have put in your mouth(BI) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
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