Oseas 8
La Palabra (España)
Idolatría de Israel
8 ¡Haz sonar la trompeta
pues un águila se cierne
sobre la casa del Señor!
Porque han transgredido mi alianza
y se rebelaron contra mi instrucción.
2 Ellos vienen a mí gritando:
“¡Los de Israel te reconocemos como Dios!”.
3 Pero Israel ha rechazado el bien
y el enemigo lo perseguirá.
4 Han creado reyes sin contar conmigo,
han nombrado príncipes sin saberlo yo.
Con su plata y con su oro
se han fabricado ídolos
que causaron su ruina.
5 Me repugna tu becerro, Samaría;
por eso mi cólera ha estallado contra ellos.
¿Hasta cuándo permanecerán impuros?
6 Ese becerro de Samaría
es obra de un artesano israelita;
no es, por consiguiente, Dios
y terminará hecho pedazos.
7 Puesto que siembran viento,
cosecharán tempestad.
Tampoco tendrán mies
ni dará harina la espiga;
y si la da, extranjeros la devorarán.
8 Israel ha sido devorado;
ahora está entre la naciones
como un cacharro inútil.
9 Cuando acudieron a Asiria,
Efraín se compró amantes,
como asno salvaje desbocado.
10 Han sobornado a las naciones,
pero ahora yo los reuniré
y muy pronto temblarán
bajo la opresión del rey soberano.
11 Efraín pecó en muchos altares,
que sólo para pecar le sirvieron.
12 Aunque les haya prescrito mil leyes,
consideran que vienen de un extraño.
13 No cesan de ofrecer sacrificios,
de sacrificar y comer la carne;
pero el Señor no los acepta,
sino que recuerda sus pecados
y castigará sus iniquidades;
tendrán, pues, que volver a Egipto.
14 Olvidó Israel a su Creador
y se ha construido palacios.
También Judá ha multiplicado
sus ciudades fortificadas,
pero yo enviaré a esas ciudades
un fuego que devorará sus baluartes.
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.
2 To me they cry,
(D)“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
3 Israel 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?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
(I)The calf of Samaria
(J)shall be broken to pieces.[b]
7 For (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.
9 For (O)they have gone up to Assyria,
(P)a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though 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.
11 Because 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.
13 As 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.
14 For (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.
Hosea 8
New King James Version
The Apostasy of Israel
8 “Set the [a]trumpet to your mouth!
He shall come (A)like an eagle against the house of the Lord,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.
2 (B)Israel will cry to Me,
‘My God, (C)we know You!’
3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
4 “They(D) set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves—
That they might be cut off.
5 Your [b]calf [c]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(E)How long until they attain to innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this:
A (F)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
7 “They(G) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(H)Aliens would swallow it up.
8 (I)Israel is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
(J)Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (K)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (L)has hired lovers.
10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now (M)I will gather them;
And they shall [d]sorrow a little,
Because of the [e]burden of (N)the king of princes.
11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.
12 I have written for him (O)the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.
13 For the sacrifices of My offerings (P)they sacrifice flesh and eat it,
(Q)But the Lord does not accept them.
(R)Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
They shall return to Egypt.
14 “For(S) Israel has forgotten (T)his Maker,
And has built [f]temples;
Judah also has multiplied (U)fortified cities;
But (V)I will send fire upon his cities,
And it shall devour his [g]palaces.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:1 ram’s horn, Heb. shophar
- Hosea 8:5 Golden calf image
- Hosea 8:5 Or has rejected you
- Hosea 8:10 Or begin to diminish
- Hosea 8:10 Or oracle or proclamation
- Hosea 8:14 Or palaces
- Hosea 8:14 Or citadels
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