Hosea 8

English Standard Version

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

8 Set ^(A)the trumpet to your lips!
    One ^(B)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because ^(C)they have transgressed my covenant
    and rebelled against my law.
²To me they cry,
    ^(D)“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
³Israel has spurned the good;
    the enemy shall pursue him.

⁴^(E)They made kings, ^(F)but not through me.
    They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.
⁵^(G)I have^[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
    My anger burns against them.
^(H)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
⁶For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
    it is not God.
^(I)The calf of Samaria
    ^(J)shall be broken to pieces.^[b]

⁷For ^(K)they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
    it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
    ^(L)strangers would devour it.
⁸^(M)Israel is swallowed up;
    already they are among the nations
    as ^(N)a useless vessel.
⁹For ^(O)they have gone up to Assyria,
    ^(P)a wild donkey wandering alone;
    Ephraim has hired lovers.
¹⁰Though they hire allies among the nations,
    I will soon gather them up.
And ^(Q)the king and princes ^(R)shall soon writhe
    because of the tribute.

¹¹Because Ephraim ^(S)has multiplied altars for sinning,
    they have become to him altars for sinning.
¹²^(T)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
    they would be regarded as a strange thing.
¹³As for my sacrificial offerings,
    ^(U)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
    but the Lord does not accept them.
^(V)Now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins;
    ^(W)they shall return to Egypt.
¹⁴For ^(X)Israel has forgotten ^(Y)his Maker
    and ^(Z)built palaces,
and ^(AA)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
    so ^(AB)I will send a fire upon his cities,
    and it shall devour her strongholds.

Notas al pie

Hosea 8:5 Hebrew He has
Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames

Psalm 123-125

English Standard Version

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

123 To you I ^(B)lift up my eyes,
    O you who are ^(C)enthroned in the heavens!
²Behold, as the eyes of servants
    look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
    to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
    till he has mercy upon us.

³^(D)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
    for we have had more than enough of ^(E)contempt.
⁴Our soul has had more than enough
    of ^(F)the scorn of ^(G)those who are at ease,
    of the contempt of ^(H)the proud.

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of ^(I)Ascents. Of David.

124 ^(J)If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
    ^(K)let Israel now say—
²if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
    when people rose up against us,
³then they would have ^(L)swallowed us up alive,
    when their anger was kindled against us;
⁴then ^(M)the flood would have ^(N)swept us away,
    the torrent would have gone ^(O)over us;
⁵then over us would have gone
    the raging waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not given us
    as prey to their teeth!
⁷We have escaped like a bird
    from ^(P)the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
    and we have escaped!

⁸^(Q)Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of ^(R)Ascents.

125 Those who ^(S)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which ^(T)cannot be moved, but abides forever.
²As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
    so ^(U)the Lord surrounds his people,
    from this time forth and forevermore.
³For ^(V)the scepter of wickedness shall not ^(W)rest
    on ^(X)the land allotted to the righteous,
lest the righteous ^(Y)stretch out
    their hands to do wrong.
⁴^(Z)Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
    and to those who are ^(AA)upright in their hearts!
⁵But those who ^(AB)turn aside to their ^(AC)crooked ways
    the Lord will lead away with ^(AD)evildoers!
    ^(AE)Peace be upon Israel!