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Jeremías 3:17

La batalla por Jerusalem

No hay manera racional de explicar las notables circunstancias que condujeron a la liberación de la Ciudad Antigua de Jerusalem en 1967.

Fue uno de los fenómenos más inesperados e inexplicables en la historia de las guerras humanas.

3000 mil años de Historia: El reino de Judea – Israel.

¡Una batalla que nunca será olvidada!

Experimente los momentos históricos del asedio romano de Jerusalem en el año 70 EC que condujo a la destrucción del Segundo Templo.

Jeremías 33

11 ha de oírse aún voz de gozo y de alegría, voz de desposado y voz de desposada, voz de los que digan: Alabad al Señor de los ejércitos, porque el Señor es bueno, porque para siempre es su misericordia; voz de los que traigan ofrendas de acción de gracias a la casa de Adonay.

Tehillim (Psalms) – Chapter 68

1 For the conductor, a psalm, a song of David.		אלַֽמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לְדָוִ֗ד מִזְמ֥וֹר שִֽׁיר:
2 May God rise; His enemies scatter, and those who hate Him flee from before Him.		ביָק֣וּם אֱ֖לֹהִים יָפ֣וּצוּ אֽוֹיְבָ֑יו וְיָנ֥וּסוּ מְ֜שַׂנְאָ֗יו מִפָּנָֽיו:
3 As smoke is driven away, You will drive [them] away; as wax melts before fire, the wicked will perish from before God.		גכְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס דּ֖וֹנַג מִפְּנֵי־אֵ֑שׁ יֹֽאבְד֥וּ רְ֜שָׁעִ֗ים מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים:
4 And the righteous will rejoice, yea, they will exult before God and they will delight with joy.		דוְֽצַדִּיקִ֗ים יִשְׂמְח֣וּ יַֽ֖עַלְצוּ לִפְנֵ֣י אֱ֜לֹהִ֗ים וְיָ֘שִׂ֥ישׂוּ בְשִׂמְחָֽה:
5 “Sing to God, sing praises to His name, praise Him Who rides in Aravoth by His name Yah, and rejoice before Him.		השִׁ֚ירוּ \| לֵֽאלֹהִים֘ זַמְּר֪וּ שְׁמ֥֫וֹ סֹ֡לּוּ לָרֹֽכֵ֣ב בָּֽ֖עֲרָבוֹת בְּיָ֥הּ שְׁ֜מ֗וֹ וְעִלְז֥וּ לְפָנָֽיו:
6 O Father of orphans and Judge of widows, O God in His holy dwelling place.”		ואֲבִ֣י יְ֖תוֹמִים וְדַיַּ֣ן אַלְמָנ֑וֹת אֱ֜לֹהִ֗ים בִּמְע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ:
7 God settles the solitary in a house; He takes the prisoners out at the most opportune time, but the rebellious dwell in an arid land.		זאֱלֹהִ֚ים \| מ֘וֹשִׁ֚יב יְחִידִ֨ים \| בַּ֗יְתָה מוֹצִ֣יא אֲ֖סִירִים בַּכּֽוֹשָׁר֑וֹת אַךְ־סֽ֜וֹרְרִ֗ים שָֽׁכְנ֥וּ צְחִיחָֽה:
8 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, forever.		חאֱלֹהִ֗ים בְּ֖צֵֽאתְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּצַעְדְּךָ֖ בִֽישִׁימ֣וֹן סֶֽלָה:
9 The earth quaked, even the heavens dripped; this is Sinai, because of God, the God of Israel.		טאֶ֚רֶץ רָעָ֨שָׁה \| אַף־שָׁמַ֣יִם נָֽטְפוּ֘ מִפְּנֵ֪י אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים זֶ֥ה סִינַ֑י מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱ֜לֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל:
10 Generous rain You poured down, O God; Your heritage, which was weary, You established.		יגֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֖דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַֽחֲלָֽתְךָ֥ וְ֜נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֣ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ:
11 Your congregation dwelt therein; You prepare with Your goodness for the poor, O God.		יאחַיָּֽתְךָ֥ יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָ֑הּ תָּ֚כִ֥ין בְּטוֹבָֽתְךָ֖ לֶֽעָנִ֣י אֱלֹהִֽים:
12The Lord will give out a word; they will announce it to a great multitude.		יבאֲדֹנָ֥י יִתֶּן־אֹ֑מֶר הַֽ֜מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹת צָבָ֥א רָֽב:
13 Kings of hosts will wander, yea they will wander, and she who dwells in the house will divide the spoils.		יגמַלְכֵ֣י צְ֖בָאֽוֹת יִדֹּד֣וּן יִדֹּד֑וּן וּנְוַת־בַּ֜֗יִת תְּחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל:
14 If you lie between the borders-the feathers of a dove covered with silver, and its pinions with brilliant gold.		ידאִם־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֘ בֵּ֪ין שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י י֖וֹנָה נֶחְפָּ֣ה בַכֶּ֑סֶף וְ֜אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ בִּֽירַקְרַ֥ק חָרֽוּץ:
15 When the Almighty spreads out for kings therein, it will become as white as snow in darkness.		טובְּפָ֘רֵ֚שׂ שַׁדַּ֓י מְלָ֘כִ֚ים בָּ֗הּ תַּשְׁלֵ֥ג בְּצַלְמֽוֹן:
16 The mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; the mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.		טזהַר־אֱלֹהִ֥ים הַר־בָּשָׁ֑ן הַר־גַּ֜בְנֻנִּ֗ים הַר־בָּשָֽׁן:
17 Why do you lurk, you lofty mountains, for the mountain that God desired for His dwelling? Even the Lord will dwell [there] forever.		יזלָ֚מָּה \| תְּרַצְּדוּן֘ הָרִ֪ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָהָ֗ר חָמַ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אַף־יְ֜הֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָנֶֽצַח:
18 God’s chariot is twice ten thousand times thousands of angels. The Lord was among them at Sinai in His holiness.		יחרֶ֚כֶב אֱלֹהִ֗ים רִבֹּתַ֣יִם אַלְפֵ֣י שִׁנְאָ֑ן אֲדֹנָ֥י בָ֜֗ם סִינַ֥י בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ:
19 You ascended on high, you took captives; you took gifts to be among men, and also rebellious ones for Yah God to dwell.		יטעָ֘לִ֚יתָ לַמָּר֨וֹם \| שָׁ֘בִ֚יתָ שֶּׁ֗בִי לָקַ֣חְתָּ מַ֖תָּנוֹת בָּֽאָדָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף סֽ֜וֹרְרִ֗ים לִשְׁכֹּ֚ן \| יָ֬הּ אֱלֹהִֽים:
20 Blessed is the Lord; every day God lavishes upon us our salvation forever.		כבָּר֥וּךְ אֲדֹנָי֘ י֚וֹם \| י֗וֹם יַֽעֲמָ֫ס לָ֥נוּ הָ֘אֵ֚ל יְשֽׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ סֶֽלָה:
21 God is to us the God of salvations, but God the Lord has the ways to death.		כאהָ֚אֵ֖ל \| לָנוּ֘ אֵ֪ל לְמֽוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת וְלֵֽיהֹוִ֥ה אֲדֹנָ֑י לַ֜מָּ֗וֶת תּֽוֹצָאֽוֹת:
22 Indeed God will wound His enemies’ head, the hairy pate of him who goes with his guilt.		כבאַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֘ רֹ֪אשׁ אֹֽ֫יְבָ֥יו קָדְקֹ֥ד שֵׂעָ֑ר מִ֜תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בַּֽאֲשָׁמָֽיו:
23 The Lord said, “I shall restore from Bashan; I shall restore from the depths of the sea.		כגאָמַ֣ר אֲ֖דֹנָי מִבָּשָׁ֣ן אָשִׁ֑יב אָ֜שִׁ֗יב מִמְּצֻל֥וֹת יָֽם:
24 In order that your foot may wade through blood; the tongue of your dogs will have its portion from the enemies.”		כדלְמַ֚עַן \| תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ רַגְלְךָ֗ בְּ֫דָ֥ם לְשׁ֥וֹן כְּלָבֶ֑יךָ מֵאֽוֹיְבִ֥ים מִנֵּֽהוּ:
25 They saw Your ways, O God, the ways of my God, my King in sanctity.		כהרָא֣וּ הֲלִֽיכוֹתֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִ֑ים הֲלִ֘יכ֚וֹת אֵלִ֖י מַלְכִּ֣י בַקֹּֽדֶשׁ:
26 Singers went first, minstrels afterwards, in the midst of maidens playing timbrels.		כוקִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֖רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹֽגְנִ֑ים בְּת֖וֹךְ עֲלָמ֣וֹת תּֽוֹפֵפֽוֹת:
27 In congregations bless God the Lord, from the womb of Israel.		כזבְּֽמַקְהֵלוֹת בָּֽרְכ֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֲ֜דֹנָ֗י מִמְּק֥וֹר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל:
28 There Benjamin the youngest rules over them; the princes of Judah pelt them with stones, as do the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naftali.		כחשָׁ֚ם בִּנְיָמִ֨ן \| צָעִ֡יר רֹדֵ֗ם שָׂרֵ֣י יְ֖הוּדָה רִגְמָתָ֑ם שָׂרֵ֥י זְ֜בֻל֗וּן שָׂרֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִֽי:
29 Your God has commanded your strength; show this strength, O God, which You have wrought for us.		כטצִוָּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ עֻ֫זֶּ֥ךָ עוּזָּ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים ז֜֗וּ פָּעַ֥לְתָּ לָּֽנוּ:
30 From Your Temple, which is over Jerusalem, kings will bring You tribute.		למֵהֵ֣יכָלֶךָ עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְךָ֚ יוֹבִ֖ילוּ מְלָכִ֣ים שָֽׁי:
31 Rebuke the people of the forest, the congregation of mighty bulls among people like calves, submitting himself for pieces of silver; he scatters peoples, they always desire battles.		לאגְּעַ֨ר חַיַּ֪ת קָנֶ֡ה עֲדַ֚ת אַבִּירִ֨ים \| בְּעֶגְלֵ֬י עַמִּ֗ים מִתְרַפֵּ֥ס בְּרַצֵּי־כָ֑סֶף בִּזַּ֥ר עַ֜מִּ֗ים קְרָב֥וֹת יֶחְפָּֽצוּ:
32 Gifts will be brought from Egypt; Cush will cause his hands to run to God.		לביֶֽאֱתָ֣יוּ חַ֖שְׁמַנִּים מִנִּ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם כּוּ֖שׁ תָּרִ֥יץ יָ֜דָ֗יו לֵֽאלֹהִֽים:
33 Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, sing praises to the Lord forever.		לגמַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָ֖אָרֶץ שִׁ֣ירוּ לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים זַמְּר֖וּ אֲדֹנָ֣י סֶֽלָה:
34 To Him Who rides on the heaven of heavens of old; behold, He gives forth with His voice a voice of strength.		לדלָרֹֽכֵב בִּשְׁמֵ֣י שְׁמֵי־קֶ֑דֶם הֵן־יִתֵּ֥ן בְּ֜קוֹלוֹ ק֣וֹל עֹֽז:
35 Attribute strength to God; over Israel is His pride, and His strength is in the skies.		להתְּנ֥וּ עֹ֗ז לֵֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל גַּֽאֲוָת֑וֹ וְ֜עֻזּ֗וֹ בַּשְּׁחָקִֽים:
36 You are feared, O God, from Your Sanctuary; the God of Israel-He gives strength and power to the people; blessed be God.		לונ֚וֹרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֗ים מִמִּקְדָּ֫שֶׁ֥יךָ אֵ֚ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל ה֚וּא נֹתֵ֨ן \| עֹ֖ז וְתַֽעֲצֻמ֥וֹת לָעָ֗ם בָּ֘ר֥וּךְ אֱלֹהִֽים:

Jerusalem siempre ha sido solo la capital del pueblo judío, y de ninguna otra nación, dijo el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, hoy durante la ceremonia del Día de Jerusalem llevada a cabo en Ammunition Hill.

Jerusalem was always the capital of the Jewish people alone – and not of any other nation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday night during a Jerusalem Day address at Ammunition Hill.

“Este es nuestro hogar y aquí nos quedaremos”, remarcó.

“This is our home and here we will stay,” the prime minister added.

Netanyahu at Ammunition Hill, May 17, 2015.

Dicho eso, el líder israelí destacó que el Estado Judío asegura que Jerusalem sea una ciudad abierta y tolerante: “La libertad de culto solo es garantizada a todas las religiones en la ciudad bajo el dominio israelí. Los creyentes rezan en sus sitios sagrados, no a pesar de nuestro control, sino gracias a él”.

That said, Netanyahu stressed that Israel ensures that Jerusalem will be an open and tolerant city: “Only under Israeli rule is the freedom of worship in Jerusalem guaranteed for all religions,” he said. “Believers pray at their holy sites, not despite our control over the city but because of it.”

Además describió a Jerusalem como una “piedra de toque que pone a todos a prueba”. “¿Hasta qué punto estamos dispuestos a aferrarnos a ella y defenderla?”, se preguntó.

The prime minister described Jerusalem as a “touchstone that puts us to the test: To what extent are we willing to hold onto it and defend it?”

The march going through Jerusalem (Photo: Gil Yohanan)

Netanyahu también prometió que Israel nunca estará de acuerdo con el terror y que cazará a sus partidarios”. “Lucharemos contra la incitación, la cual proviene de la negación de nuestro vínculo con Jerusalem y nuestra herencia”, expresó.

Netanyahu vowed that Israel will never come to terms with terror and will hunt down its proponents. “We will fight incitement, which stems from denial of our attachment to Jerusalem and our heritage.”

“¿Quién se opone a nuestra presencia en Jerusalem? Aquellos que se rehúsan a aceptar nuestro derecho a vivir como una nación soberana en nuestro país. Ellos nos ven como una hierba extraña que necesita ser arrancada”

“Who opposes our presence in Jerusalem?” the prime minister asked. “Those who refuse to accept out right to live as a sovereign nation in our country. They regard us as a foreign weed that needs to be pulled out of this ground.”

The annual Jerusalem Day march at the Damascus Gate (Photo: AFP)

Por su parte, y en un discurso más conciliador, el presidente de Israel, Reuven Rivlin, dijo que mientras que Jerusalem para él era tanto “Zion como sionismo”, esta no pertenece solo a su historia. “Pertenece principalmente a su gente, a todos sus residentes – seculares, religiosos, haredi, árabes y judíos. En un Jerusalem unido hay un occidente y un este. No tiene hijastros”, destacó.

“Debemos ser honestos con nosotros mismos cuando miramos al golfo masivo entre el occidente y el este de esta ciudad. Debemos tener una ciudad unida, pero recién hemos empezado la tarea de alcanzar su unidad económica y social. Mientras que Jerusalem occidental está logrando un gran progreso y desarrollo, el este está encontrando desesperanza y negligencia”, aseguró.

In a more conciliatory speech, President Reuven Rivlin said that, while Jerusalem for him is both “Zion and Zionism,” it doesn’t belong only to its history.

“It belongs first and foremost to its people, to all its residents – secular, religious and Haredi; Arabs and Jews,” Rivlin said. “In united Jerusalem there is a west and an east. It has no step-children.”

“We must be honest with ourselves when we look at the massive gulf between the west of the city and the east,” the president urged his audience. “We may have united the city, but we have barely begun the task of bringing about its economic and social unity.

“While western Jerusalem is achieving impressive progress and development, in the east we find neglect and despair.”