Amos 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Social and Spiritual Corruption
4 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan(A)
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,(B)
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”(C)
2 The Lord God has sworn(D) by His holiness:(E)
Look, the days are coming[a]
when you will be taken away with hooks,(F)
every last one of you with fishhooks.(G)
3 You will go through breaches in the wall,(H)
each woman straight ahead,
and you will be driven along toward Harmon.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
4 Come to Bethel and rebel;
rebel even more at Gilgal!(I)
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(J)
your tenths every three days.
5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering,(K)
and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,(L)
for that is what you Israelites love to do!(M)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
God’s Discipline and Israel’s Apostasy
6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eat[b](N)
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.(O)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
7 I also withheld the rain from you(P)
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.(Q)
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.(R)
8 Two or three cities staggered
to another city to drink water(S)
but were not satisfied,(T)
yet you did not return(U) to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 I struck you with blight and mildew;(V)
the locust devoured(W)
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,(X)
yet you did not return to Me.(Y)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;(Z)
I killed your young men with the sword,(AA)
along with your captured horses.(AB)
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,(AC)
yet you did not return to Me.(AD)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
11 I overthrew some of you
as I[c] overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,(AE)
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,(AF)
yet you did not return to Me(AG)—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
12 Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!(AH)
13 He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,(AI)
creates the wind,(AJ)
and reveals His[d] thoughts to man,(AK)
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.(AL)
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.(AM)
Amos 4
Modern English Version
Second Pronouncement of Punishment
4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria,
who oppress the poor and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”
2 The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:
Indeed the days are coming upon you
when they will take you away with hooks,
the last one of you with fishhooks.
3 You will go out through breached walls,
every one straight ahead of her;
you will be exiled to Harmon,
says the Lord.
4 Come to Bethel and transgress,
to Gilgal and multiply transgression;
bring your sacrifices every morning
and your tithes every three days.
5 Burn leavened bread as a thank offering;
announce your voluntary offerings loudly,
for so you love to do, O children of Israel,
says the Lord God.
6 Though I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
and lack of food in all your places,
yet you did not return to Me,
says the Lord.
7 I also withheld the rain from you,
when there were still three months to the harvest.
I would send rain on one town,
and send no rain on another town.
One field would receive rain,
but another field without rain would wither.
8 So two or three towns wandered to one town to drink water,
but they were not satisfied;
yet you did not return to Me,
says the Lord.
9 I struck you with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees;
yet you did not return to Me,
says the Lord.
10 Pestilence like that of Egypt
I sent against you.
By the sword I killed your young men;
your horses were taken captive.
The stench of your camps I brought up into your nostrils;
yet you did not return to Me,
says the Lord.
11 I destroyed some of you,
as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a firebrand plucked out of the fire;
yet you did not return to Me,
says the Lord.
12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel,
and because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
13 The One who forms the mountains
and creates the wind,
who reveals His thoughts to man,
who turns the darkness into dawn
and strides on the heights of the earth—
the Lord, the God of Hosts, is His name.
Amós 4
Reina Valera Actualizada
Contra las mujeres indolentes
4 Oigan esta palabra, oh vacas de Basán que están en el monte de Samaria, que oprimen a los pobres, que quebrantan a los necesitados, que dicen a sus maridos: “¡Traigan y bebamos!”. 2 El SEÑOR Dios[a] juró por su santidad: “He aquí, vienen días sobre ustedes en que serán llevadas con ganchos y a sus descendientes con anzuelos de pescar. 3 ¡Saldrán por las brechas una tras otra y serán arrojadas hacia el Hermón[b]!”, dice el SEÑOR.
Castigos que no corrigieron a Israel
4 “¡Vayan a Betel y rebélense! ¡A Gilgal y multipliquen la rebelión! ¡Traigan de mañana sus sacrificios y sus diezmos al tercer día! 5 ¡Quemen pan con levadura como ofrenda de acción de gracias! ¡Pregonen, anuncien ofrendas voluntarias, ya que eso es lo que les gusta, oh hijos de Israel!”, dice el SEÑOR Dios[c].
6 “Por mi parte, yo los he tenido a diente limpio en todas sus ciudades y con falta de pan en todos sus pueblos. Pero no se volvieron a mí”, dice el SEÑOR.
7 “También les detuve la lluvia cuando faltaban tres meses para la siega. Hice llover sobre una ciudad y sobre otra no hice llover. Sobre una parcela llovió, y la parcela sobre la cual no llovió se secó. 8 Acudían dos o tres ciudades a otra ciudad para beber agua y no se saciaban. Pero no se volvieron a mí”, dice el SEÑOR.
9 “Yo los golpeé con tizón y añublo. La langosta comió sus muchos huertos, sus viñas, sus higueras y sus olivos. Pero no se volvieron a mí”, dice el SEÑOR.
10 “Envié entre ustedes una plaga como en Egipto. Maté a espada a sus jóvenes mientras sus caballos eran capturados. Hice que el hedor de sus campamentos subiera a sus narices. Pero no se volvieron a mí”, dice el SEÑOR.
11 “Los trastorné como cuando Dios trastornó a Sodoma y a Gomorra, y fueron cual leño salvado del fuego. Pero no se volvieron a mí”, dice el SEÑOR.
12 “Por tanto, de esta manera te haré, oh Israel. Y porque voy a hacerte esto, ¡prepárate para venir al encuentro de tu Dios, oh Israel!”.
13 Porque he aquí, el que forma las montañas y crea el viento y revela al hombre su pensamiento, el que hace a la aurora tinieblas y pisa sobre las alturas de la tierra, ¡el SEÑOR Dios de los Ejércitos es su nombre!
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