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.
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.
Amós 5
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Advertencias y lamentos
5 Oye esta palabra, reino de Israel,
este canto fúnebre que por ti entono:
2 «Ha caído la joven Israel,
y no volverá a levantarse;
postrada en su propia tierra,
no hay quien la levante».
3 Así dice el Señor omnipotente al reino de Israel:
«La ciudad que salía a la guerra con mil hombres
se quedará solo con cien,
y la que salía con cien
se quedará solo con diez».
4 Así dice el Señor al reino de Israel:
«Buscadme y viviréis.
5 Pero no acudáis a Betel,
ni vayáis a Guilgal,
ni paséis a Berseba,
porque Guilgal será llevada cautiva,
y Betel, reducida a la nada».
6 Buscad al Señor y viviréis,
no sea que él caiga como fuego
sobre los descendientes de José,
fuego que devore a Betel
sin que haya quien lo apague.
7 Vosotros convertís el derecho en amargura
y echáis por tierra la justicia.
8 El Señor hizo las Pléyades y el Orión,
convierte en aurora las densas tinieblas
y oscurece el día hasta convertirlo en noche.
Él convoca las aguas del mar
y las derrama sobre la tierra.
¡Su nombre es el Señor!
9 Él reduce a la nada la fortaleza
y trae la ruina sobre la plaza fuerte.
10 Vosotros odiáis al que defiende la justicia en el tribunal
y detestáis al que dice la verdad.
11 Por eso, como pisoteáis al desvalido
y le imponéis tributo de grano,
no viviréis en las casas de piedra labrada que habéis construido,
ni beberéis del vino de los selectos viñedos que habéis plantado.
12 ¡Yo sé cuán numerosos son vuestros delitos,
cuán grandes vuestros pecados!
Vosotros oprimís al justo, exigís soborno
y en los tribunales atropelláis al necesitado.
13 Por eso en circunstancias como estas guarda silencio el prudente,
porque estos tiempos son malos.
14 Buscad el bien y no el mal, y viviréis;
y así estará con vosotros el Señor Dios Todopoderoso,
tal como vosotros lo afirmáis.
15 ¡Odiad el mal y amad el bien!
Haced que impere la justicia en los tribunales;
tal vez así el Señor, el Dios Todopoderoso,
tenga compasión del remanente de José.
16 Por eso, así dice el Señor omnipotente, el Dios Todopoderoso:
«En todas las plazas se escucharán lamentos,
y gritos de angustia en todas las calles.
Llamarán a duelo a los campesinos,
y a los llorones profesionales, a hacer lamentación.
17 Se escucharán lamentos en todos los viñedos
cuando yo pase en medio de ti»,
dice el Señor.
18 ¡Ay de los que suspiran
por el día del Señor!
¿De qué os servirá ese día
si va a ser de oscuridad y no de luz?
19 Será como cuando alguien huye de un león
y se le viene encima un oso,
o como cuando al llegar a su casa,
apoya la mano en la pared
y le muerde una serpiente.
20 ¿No será el día del Señor de oscuridad y no de luz?
¡Será por cierto sombrío y sin resplandor!
21 «Detesto y aborrezco vuestras fiestas religiosas;
no me agradan vuestros cultos solemnes.
22 Aunque me traigáis holocaustos y ofrendas de cereal,
no los aceptaré,
ni prestaré atención
a los sacrificios de comunión de novillos cebados.
23 Aleja de mí el bullicio de tus canciones;
no quiero oír la música de tus cítaras.
24 ¡Pero que fluya el derecho como las aguas,
y la justicia como arroyo inagotable!
25 »Pueblo de Israel, ¿acaso me ofrecisteis sacrificios y ofrendas
durante los cuarenta años en el desierto?
26 Tendréis que cargar con la imagen de Sicut, su rey,
y también con la de Quiyún,
imágenes de esos dioses astrales
que vosotros mismos os habéis fabricado.
27 Entonces os mandaré al exilio más allá de Damasco»,
dice el Señor, cuyo nombre es Dios Todopoderoso.
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