Amos 2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 2
For Three Crimes of Moab
1 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Moab, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
Because they incinerated to ashes
the bones of the king of Edom,[a]
2 I will send down fire on Moab
to devour the palaces of Kerioth.
Moab will perish amid the uproar,
amid war cries and the sound of trumpets.
3 I will destroy its rulers
and slaughter all of his officials with him.
For Three Crimes of Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Judah, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
Because they have spurned the law of the Lord
and have not observed his statutes,
having been led astray
by the lies which their fathers followed,
5 I will send fire down on Judah
to devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
The Trial of Israel
For Three Crimes of Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
They sell righteous people for silver
and the poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They have trampled the heads of the poor
into the dust of the earth
and thrust the lowly out of their way.
Father and son lie with the same prostitute,
profaning my holy name.
8 They lie down beside every altar
upon garments acquired as surety,[b]
while drinking in the house of their God
the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
9 Yet I was the one
who destroyed the Amorites[c] before them;
they were as tall as the cedars
and as strong as the oaks.
I was the one
who destroyed their fruit above
and their roots below.
10 I was the one
who brought you up from the land of Egypt
and for forty years led you through the desert
to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
11 I was the one
who raised up some of your sons to be prophets
and some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not indeed true, O Israelites?
says the Lord.
12 But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine
and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”
13 Therefore, I will crush you
just as a cart crushes when it is fully laden.
14 The swift will be unable to take flight;
the strong man will not retain his strength,
and the warrior will be unable to save his life.
15 The archer will not stand his ground;
the swift of foot will not escape,
nor will the horseman save his life.
16 Even the bravest of warriors
will flee away naked on that day,
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:1 In the view of the ancients, the refusal of proper burial meant leaving the dead person in an unhappy situation; this was regarded as the height of immorality.
- Amos 2:8 Surety: according to the law (Ex 22:25; Deut 24:12), a garment taken as a pledge must be restored before nightfall.
- Amos 2:9 The Amorites represent the Canaanites, the inhabitants of Palestine.
Amós 2
Reina Valera Contemporánea
2 Así ha dicho el Señor:
Por tres pecados de Moab,(A)
y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo.
Por haber quemado los huesos del rey de Edom
hasta reducirlos a cenizas,
2 le prenderé fuego a Moab,
y éste consumirá los palacios de Queriot.
Moab morirá en medio de gran tumulto,
con gran estrépito y sonido de trompeta.
3 Y quitaré de en medio al juez,
y con él mataré a todos sus príncipes.
—Palabra del Señor.
4 Así ha dicho el Señor:
Por tres pecados de Judá,
y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo.
Por haber menospreciado mi ley
y por no cumplir con mis ordenanzas;
por haber seguido a falsos ídolos,
tras los cuales se descarriaron sus padres,
5 le prenderé fuego a Judá,
y éste consumirá los palacios de Jerusalén.
Juicio contra Israel
6 Así ha dicho el Señor:
Por tres pecados de Israel,
y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo.
Porque han vendido al justo por dinero,
y al pobre por un par de zapatos;
7 han aplastado en el suelo a los desvalidos,
han torcido el camino de los humildes;
¡hijos y padres profanan mi santo nombre
al acostarse con la misma joven!
8 Junto a cualquier altar se acuestan
sobre las ropas que reciben en empeño,
y en la casa de sus dioses se embriagan
con el vino que reciben como multa.
9 Ante sus ojos destruí a los amorreos;(B)
derribé sus frutos y les arranqué las raíces,
aun cuando eran altos como los cedros
y fuertes como las encinas.
10 A ustedes los saqué de Egipto,
y cuarenta años los guié por el desierto
hasta hacerlos dueños del territorio amorreo.
11 A algunos de sus hijos los hice profetas,
y a otros los aparté para ser nazareos.(C)
¿Acaso esto no es así, hijos de Israel?
—Palabra del Señor.
12 Pero ustedes dieron vino a los nazareos,
y a los profetas les mandaron no profetizar.
13 Por eso, voy a apretarlos allí donde están,
como se aprieta un carro lleno de gavillas.
14 Ni el ligero de pies podrá escapar,
ni el fuerte podrá recurrir a su fuerza,
ni el valiente podrá ponerse a salvo.
15 Tampoco podrán resistir los arqueros,
ni escaparán los que más veloces corran,
ni se salvarán los que tengan caballos.
16 Cuando llegue ese día,
¡aun los más valientes huirán desnudos!
—Palabra del Señor.
Amos 2
King James Version
2 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
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