Amós 8
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Visión de la fruta madura
8 El Señor DIOS me mostró un canasto lleno de fruta madura 2 y me preguntó:
—Amós, ¿qué ves aquí?
Yo respondí:
—Un canasto de fruta madura.
Entonces el SEÑOR me dijo:
—Llegó el fin[a] de mi pueblo de Israel, no les pasaré ni una más. 3 El Señor DIOS dice: “En ese momento los cantos del templo se convertirán en tristes lamentos de funeral, habrá muchos cadáveres y los arrojarán por todas partes. ¡Así que hagan silencio!”
La avaricia de los comerciantes
4 ¡Escúchenme bien!,
ustedes que se aprovechan de los necesitados
y arruinan a los pobres del país.
5 Ustedes dicen:
«Ojalá pase rápido la fiesta de Luna Nueva
para poder vender el grano.
Ojalá pase rápido el día de descanso
para poder vender el trigo.
Vamos a alterar las medidas,
aumentar los precios, falsear las pesas
y así estafar a los compradores.
6 Compraremos a los pobres por un poco de dinero,
y a los necesitados a cambio de un par de sandalias.
También vamos a vender
hasta los desechos del trigo».
7 El SEÑOR ha jurado por el orgullo de Jacob:
«Nunca olvidaré toda la maldad de esta gente.
8 La tierra entera temblará por eso.
Todos sus habitantes llorarán por los muertos.
La tierra subirá y bajará,
como las aguas del río Nilo en Egipto».
9 El Señor DIOS dice también:
«Ese día, haré que el sol se oculte a mediodía
y que la tierra se oscurezca en pleno día.
10 Haré que sus festivales se conviertan en días de llanto y tristeza.
Sus canciones se convertirán en lamentos.
Todos se vestirán de luto
y se raparán la cabeza.
Haré que sufran y se lamenten como quien ha perdido a su único hijo.
Todo será un trágico y amargo final».
11 El Señor DIOS afirma:
«Vendrán tiempos cuando haré que haya hambre en este país,
pero no por falta de alimento.
Tendrán una sed terrible,
pero no por falta de agua.
Será hambre y sed
de oír la palabra del SEÑOR.
12 La gente andará sin rumbo, de mar a mar,
y desde el norte hasta el oriente.
Andarán todos de un lado a otro buscando el mensaje del SEÑOR,
pero no lo encontrarán.
13 En esos días, la sed debilitará
a las jóvenes hermosas y a los muchachos fuertes.
14 Todos los que han jurado por el pecado de Samaria[b]
y que han dicho: “Juramos por la existencia del dios de Dan[c]”,
“juramos por la existencia del dios de Berseba[d]”;
todos ellos caerán y no se levantarán jamás».
Amos 8
King James Version
8 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos 8
English Standard Version
The Coming Day of Bitter Mourning
8 (A)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, (B)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, (C)“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
(D)“The end[a] has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.
3 (E)The songs of the temple[b] (F)shall become wailings[c] in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
(G)“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
(H)“Silence!”
4 Hear this, (I)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (J)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (K)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (L)the ephah small and the shekel[d] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (M)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
7 The Lord has sworn by (N)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely (O)I will never forget any of their deeds.
8 (P)Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
(Q)and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about (R)and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”
9 “And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
(S)“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 (T)I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
(U)I will bring sackcloth on every waist
(V)and baldness on every head;
(W)I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.
11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when (X)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
(Y)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (Z)They shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
(AA)but they shall not find it.
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