“Go to Bethel(A) and sin;
    go to Gilgal(B) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(C)
    your tithes(D) every three years.[a](E)
Burn leavened bread(F) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(G)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(H)

“I also withheld(I) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.(J)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
People staggered from town to town for water(K)
    but did not get enough(L) to drink,
    yet you have not returned(M) to me,”
declares the Lord.(N)

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(O)
Locusts(P) devoured your fig and olive trees,(Q)
    yet you have not returned(R) to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues(S) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(T)
I killed your young men(U) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(V) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(W)
declares the Lord.(X)

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(Y)
You were like a burning stick(Z) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(AA)

12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

13 He who forms the mountains,(AB)
    who creates the wind,(AC)
    and who reveals his thoughts(AD) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(AE)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(AF)

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Notas al pie

  1. Amos 4:4 Or days

The Lord’s Rebuke to Israel

“Come to Bethel and sin,
    to Gilgal and sin even more!
Bring along your morning sacrifices,
    and pay your tithes every other day.[a]
While you’re at it,[b] present a thank offering with leaven,
    and publicize your freewill offerings,
letting everyone hear about it,
    because this is what you really love to do, you Israelis,”
        declares the Lord God.

Israel’s Refusal to Return to God

“I also have scheduled[c] food shortages[d] for you in all of your cities,
    and lack of bread in all of your settlements,
but you haven’t returned to me,”
    declares the Lord.

“I therefore have withheld the rain from you
    three months before the harvest,
causing rain to come upon one city,
    but not upon another,
and upon one field
    but not upon another,
        so that it would wither.
So the people of[e] two or three cities staggered away to another[f] city
    in order to obtain drinking water,
but you have not returned to me,”
    declares the Lord.

“I afflicted you with blight and fungus;
    and the locust swarm devoured the harvest
        of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees,
    but you have not returned to me,”
        declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues among you as I did with Egypt.
    I killed your choicest young men with the sword.
I took your horses away from you.
    I filled your noses with the stench of your encampments,
but you have not returned to me,”
    declares the Lord.

11 “I overthrew your cities,[g]
    as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
You’ve become like a burning ember, snatched from the fire,
    but you have not returned to me,”
        declares the Lord.

12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel.
    Because I am about to do this,
        prepare to be summoned to your God, Israel!”

13 Look! The one who crafts mountains,
    who creates the wind,
who reveals what he is thinking to mankind,
    who darkens the morning light,
who tramples down the high places of the land—
    the Lord, the God of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

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Notas al pie

  1. Amos 4:4 Lit. tithes for the three days
  2. Amos 4:5 Lit. And
  3. Amos 4:6 Lit. appointed
  4. Amos 4:6 Lit. appointed clean teeth
  5. Amos 4:8 The Heb. lacks the people of
  6. Amos 4:8 Lit. to a single
  7. Amos 4:11 The Heb. lacks cities