Amós 3
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Vocación del profeta Amós
3 Oíd, israelitas, esta palabra que el Señor pronuncia contra vosotros, contra toda la familia que saqué de Egipto:
2 «Solo a vosotros os he escogido
entre todas las familias de la tierra.
Por tanto, os haré pagar
todas vuestras perversidades».
3 ¿Pueden dos caminar juntos
sin antes ponerse de acuerdo?
4 ¿Ruge el león en la espesura
sin tener presa alguna?
¿Gruñe el leoncillo en su guarida
sin haber atrapado nada?
5 ¿Cae el pájaro en la trampa
sin que haya carnada?
¿Salta del suelo la trampa
sin haber atrapado nada?
6 ¿Se toca la trompeta en la ciudad
sin que el pueblo se alarme?
¿Ocurrirá en la ciudad alguna desgracia
que el Señor no haya provocado?
7 En verdad, nada hace el Señor omnipotente
sin antes revelar sus designios
a sus siervos los profetas.
8 Ruge el león;
¿quién no temblará de miedo?
Habla el Señor omnipotente;
¿quién no profetizará?
El castigo a Israel
9 Proclamad en las fortalezas de Asdod
y en los baluartes de Egipto:
«Reuníos sobre los montes de Samaria
y ved cuánto pánico hay en ella,
¡cuánta opresión hay en su medio!»
10 «Los que acumulan en sus fortalezas
el fruto de la violencia y el saqueo
no saben actuar con rectitud»,
afirma el Señor.
11 Por lo tanto, así dice el Señor omnipotente:
«Un enemigo invadirá tu tierra;
echará abajo tu poderío
y saqueará tus fortalezas».
12 Así dice el Señor:
«Como el pastor arrebata de las fauces del león
dos patas o un pedazo de oreja,
así serán rescatados los israelitas que viven en Samaria
con un pedazo de una cama y la pata de un diván.[a]
13 »Oíd esto y testificad contra el pueblo de Jacob —afirma el Señor omnipotente, el Dios Todopoderoso—:
14 »El día en que haga pagar a Israel sus delitos,
destruiré los altares de Betel;
los cuernos del altar serán arrancados,
y caerán a tierra.
15 Derribaré tanto la casa de invierno
como la de verano;
serán destruidas las casas adornadas de marfil
y serán demolidas muchas mansiones»,
afirma el Señor.
Footnotes
- 3:12 con un pedazo … diván. Alt. en el borde de la cama y en divanes de Damasco.
Amos 3
New King James Version
Authority of the Prophet’s Message
3 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2 “You(A) only have I known of all the families of the earth;
(B)Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion [a]cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no [b]trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
6 If a [c]trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
(C)If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
7 Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless (D)He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
8 A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
(E)Who can but prophesy?
Punishment of Israel’s Sins
9 “Proclaim in the palaces at [d]Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the [e]oppressed within her.
10 For they (F)do not know to do right,’
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and [f]robbery in their palaces.’ ”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord:
“As a shepherd [g]takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and [h]on the edge of a couch!
13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of (G)Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
15 I will [i]destroy (H)the winter house along with (I)the summer house;
The (J)houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.
Amos 3
English Standard Version
Israel's Guilt and Punishment
3 (A)Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2 (B)“You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
(C)therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
3 “Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed to meet?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
5 Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
6 (D)Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
(E)Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?
7 “For the Lord God does nothing
(F)without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
(G)The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”
9 Proclaim to the strongholds in (H)Ashdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on (I)the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and (J)the oppressed in her midst.”
10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
(K)“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
(L)“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down[a] your defenses from you,
and (M)your strongholds shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord: (N)“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, (O)so shall the people of Israel (P)who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part[b] of a bed.
13 “Hear, (Q)and testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, (R)the God of hosts,
14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
(S)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and (T)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15 (U)I will strike (V)the winter house along with (W)the summer house,
and (X)the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses[c] shall come to an end,”
declares the Lord.
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