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Amos 9
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Amos 9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake
and shatter them on the heads of all the people,[b]
and those who are left I will kill with the sword;
not one of them shall flee away,
not one of them shall escape.(A)
2 Though they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.(B)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
from there I will search out and take them;
and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.(C)
4 And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
and I will fix my eyes on them
for harm and not for good.(D)
5 The Lord, God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who live in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile
and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt,(E)
6 who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
and founds his vault upon the earth,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name.(F)
7 Are you not like the Cushites to me,
O people of Israel? says the Lord.
Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt
and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?(G)
8 The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the face of the earth
—except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,
says the Lord.(H)
9 For I will command
and shake the house of Israel among all the nations,
as one shakes with a sieve
but no pebble shall fall to the ground.(I)
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
who say, “Evil shall not overtake or meet us.”(J)
The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
11 On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[c] breaches
and raise up its[d] ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,(K)
12 in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and all the nations who are called by my name,
says the Lord who does this.(L)
13 The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
when the one who plows shall catch up with the one who reaps
and the treader of grapes with the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.(M)
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.(N)
15 I will plant them upon their land,
and they shall never again be plucked up
out of the land that I have given them,
says the Lord your God.(O)
Amós 9
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Amós 9
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Los ineludibles juicios del Señor
9 El Señor estaba de pie, junto el altar. Yo lo vi, y le oí decir:
«¡Derriba el capitel! ¡Que se estremezcan los umbrales! ¡Que se hagan pedazos sobre la cabeza de todos! A los que sobrevivan, los mataré a filo de espada. ¡Ninguno de ellos podrá huir ni escapar! 2 Aunque se escondan en el fondo del sepulcro, de allá los sacaré con mi mano. Aunque trepen hasta el cielo, de allí los bajaré. 3 Aunque se escondan en la cumbre del Carmelo, hasta allá iré a buscarlos y a traerlos; aunque traten de esconderse de mi vista, y bajen a lo profundo del mar, hasta allá mandaré a la serpiente para que los muerda. 4 Aunque marchen al cautiverio delante de sus enemigos, hasta allá mandaré la espada para que los mate. Para su mal, y no para su bien, no les voy a quitar la vista de encima.»
5 Cuando el Señor de los ejércitos
toca la tierra, ésta se derrite
y todos sus habitantes lloran.
Y se hincha la tierra como un río,
y luego decrece como el río de Egipto.
6 El Señor extendió el cielo sobre la tierra,
y en el cielo edificó sus cámaras.
El Señor llama a las aguas del mar
para derramarlas sobre la faz de la tierra.
Su nombre es el Señor.
7 «¿Acaso ustedes, israelitas, son ante mí diferentes a los etíopes? ¿No fui yo quien sacó de Egipto a Israel? ¿Y quien trajo de Caftor a los filisteos, y de Quir a los arameos?
—Palabra del Señor.
8 »Mis ojos están atentos y en contra de este reino pecador. ¡Voy a borrarlo de la faz de la tierra! Pero no destruiré del todo la casa de Jacob.
—Palabra del Señor.
9 »Voy a ordenar que la casa de Israel sea zarandeada entre todas las naciones, como se zarandea el grano en la criba, sin que caiga a tierra un solo grano. 10 A filo de espada morirán todos los pecadores de mi pueblo, esos que dicen que el mal no se les acercará ni los alcanzará.
Restauración futura de Israel
11 »Cuando llegue el día, yo volveré a levantar el tabernáculo de David, que ahora está derribado, y repararé sus grietas y reedificaré sus ruinas. Volveré a edificarlo, como en el pasado, 12 para que todos aquellos sobre los que se invoca mi nombre tomen posesión del resto de Edom, y de todas las naciones.
—Palabra del Señor, que así lo hará.(A)
13 »Vienen días en que los que aran alcanzarán a los que siegan, y los que pisan las uvas alcanzarán a los que siembran. Los montes destilarán mosto, y todas las colinas se derretirán.
—Palabra del Señor.
14 »Haré volver del cautiverio a mi pueblo Israel, y ellos reconstruirán las ciudades destruidas y volverán a habitarlas; plantarán viñas, y de ellas beberán el vino, y plantarán huertos, y de ellos comerán su fruto. 15 Yo los plantaré sobre su tierra, y nunca más volverán a ser arrancados de ella, pues yo se la di en posesión.»
—Palabra del Señor su Dios.
Amos 9
New International Version
Amos 9
New International Version
Israel to Be Destroyed
9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:
“Strike the tops of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
none will escape.(B)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,(C)
from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(D)
from there I will bring them down.(E)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(F)
there I will hunt them down and seize them.(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(H)
there I will command the serpent(I) to bite them.(J)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
there I will command the sword(K) to slay them.
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(O)
and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
then sinks like the river of Egypt;(P)
6 he builds his lofty palace[a](Q) in the heavens
and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the Lord is his name.(R)
7 “Are not you Israelites
the same to me as the Cushites[c]?”(S)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
the Philistines(T) from Caphtor[d](U)
and the Arameans from Kir?(V)
8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(W) it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(X)
9 “For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain(Y) is shaken in a sieve,(Z)
and not a pebble will reach the ground.(AA)
10 All the sinners among my people
will die by the sword,(AB)
all those who say,
‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’(AC)
Israel’s Restoration
11 “In that day
“I will restore David’s(AD) fallen shelter(AE)—
I will repair its broken walls
and restore its ruins(AF)—
and will rebuild it as it used to be,(AG)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(AH)
and all the nations that bear my name,[e](AI)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(AJ)
13 “The days are coming,”(AK) declares the Lord,
“when the reaper(AL) will be overtaken by the plowman(AM)
and the planter by the one treading(AN) grapes.
New wine(AO) will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,(AP)
14 and I will bring(AQ) my people Israel back from exile.[f](AR)
“They will rebuild the ruined cities(AS) and live in them.
They will plant vineyards(AT) and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(AU)
15 I will plant(AV) Israel in their own land,(AW)
never again to be uprooted(AX)
from the land I have given them,”(AY)
says the Lord your God.(AZ)
Footnotes
- Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
- Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
- Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
- Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel
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