Amos 5
New King James Version
A Lament for Israel
5 Hear this word which I (A)take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
3 For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
A Call to Repentance
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(B)“Seek Me (C)and live;
5 But do not seek (D)Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to (E)Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And (F)Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 (G)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 You who (H)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
8 He made the (I)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(J)And makes the day dark as night;
He (K)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(L)The Lord is His name.
9 He [a]rains ruin upon the strong,
So that fury comes upon the fortress.
10 (M)They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they (N)abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
11 (O)Therefore, because you [b]tread down the poor
And take grain [c]taxes from him,
Though (P)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [d]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
12 For I (Q)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(R)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(S)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
13 Therefore (T)the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
(U)As you have spoken.
15 (V)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(W)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
The Day of the Lord
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(X)And skillful lamenters to wailing.
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For (Y)I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
18 (Z)Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is (AA)the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
19 It will be (AB)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
21 “I(AC) hate, I despise your feast days,
And (AD)I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
22 (AE)Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 (AF)But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 “Did(AG) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [e]Sikkuth[f] (AH)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity (AI)beyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, (AJ)whose name is the God of hosts.
Amós 5
Reina Valera Actualizada
Lamento por la ruina de Israel
5 Oigan esta palabra que yo pronuncio como lamento por ustedes, oh casa de Israel:
2 ¡Cayó la virgen de Israel
para no volverse a levantar!
Sobre su suelo yace abandonada
y no hay quien la levante.
3 Porque así dice el SEÑOR Dios[a]
a la casa de Israel:
“La ciudad que salía con mil quedará con cien,
y la que salía con cien
quedará con diez”.
Llamado al arrepentimiento
4 Porque así ha dicho el SEÑOR a la casa de Israel: “¡Búsquenme y vivirán! 5 Y no busquen a Betel ni entren en Gilgal ni pasen a Beerseba; porque Gilgal será llevada en cautiverio y Betel será convertida en nada”.
6 ¡Busquen al SEÑOR y vivan! No sea que él acometa como fuego contra la casa de José y consuma a Betel sin que haya quien lo apague. 7 Ustedes que convierten el derecho en ajenjo y echan por tierra la justicia, 8 busquen al que hizo las Pléyades y el Orión, que a las tinieblas convierte en mañana, y que hace oscurecer el día hasta que se hace noche. Busquen al que llama a las aguas del mar y las derrama sobre la superficie de la tierra. ¡El SEÑOR es su nombre! 9 Él es el que irrumpe con destrucción contra la fortaleza, de modo que la destrucción alcance a la plaza fuerte.
10 Ellos aborrecen al que los amonesta en el tribunal y abominan al que habla lo recto. 11 Por tanto, puesto que pisotean al pobre y toman de él tributo de granos, aunque hayan edificado casas de piedra labrada no las habitarán. Plantaron hermosas viñas pero no beberán el vino de ellas. 12 Porque yo conozco sus muchas rebeliones y sus grandes pecados: que hostilizan al justo, que toman soborno y que hacen perder su causa a los pobres en el tribunal. 13 Por eso, en tal tiempo el prudente calla, porque es tiempo malo.
14 ¡Busquen el bien y no el mal para que vivan! Así estará con ustedes el SEÑOR Dios de los Ejércitos, como dicen. 15 Aborrezcan el mal y amen el bien. Establezcan el juicio en el tribunal; quizás el SEÑOR Dios de Israel tenga piedad del remanente de José.
16 Por tanto, así ha dicho el SEÑOR Dios de los Ejércitos, el Señor: “En todas las plazas habrá llanto y en todas las ciudades dirán: ‘¡Ay, ay!’. Convocarán a duelo al labrador y a lamentación a los que saben entonar lamentos. 17 En todas las viñas habrá llanto porque pasaré por en medio de ti”, ha dicho el SEÑOR.
18 ¡Ay de los que anhelan el día del SEÑOR! ¿Para qué quieren este día del SEÑOR? Será día de tinieblas y no de luz. 19 Será como el que huye de un león y choca con un oso; entra en casa y apoya su mano en la pared, y lo muerde una serpiente. 20 ¿No será el día del SEÑOR para él tinieblas y no luz, oscuridad y no resplandor?
Rechazo del culto extraño y vacío
21 “Aborrezco, rechazo las festividades de ustedes, y no me huelen bien sus asambleas festivas. 22 Aunque me ofrezcan sus holocaustos y ofrendas vegetales, no los aceptaré ni miraré sus sacrificios de paz de animales engordados. 23 Quita de mí el bullicio de tus canciones, pues no escucharé las salmodias de tus instrumentos. 24 Más bien, corra el derecho como agua y la justicia como arroyo permanente.
25 “¿Acaso me ofrecieron sacrificios y ofrendas vegetales en el desierto durante cuarenta años, oh casa de Israel? 26 Al contrario, llevaron el tabernáculo de sus ídolos Moloc y Quiún, la estrella de sus dioses que se han hecho. 27 Por tanto, yo haré que los lleven cautivos más allá de Damasco”, ha dicho el SEÑOR, cuyo nombre es Dios de los Ejércitos.
Footnotes
- Amós 5:3 Lit., Señor YHWH.
Amos 5
King James Version
5 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
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