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Oseas 13
Dios Habla Hoy
Oseas 13
Dios Habla Hoy
La ruina total de Israel
13 Cuando la gente de Efraín hablaba,
las otras tribus de Israel mostraban respeto;
pero Efraín murió cuando se hizo culpable
por haber adorado a Baal.
2 ¡Y todavía siguen pecando!
Funden su plata y se hacen ídolos
según se les ocurre y a gusto de los artesanos.
Luego dicen: «¡Ofrézcanles sacrificios!»,
y la gente besa ídolos que tienen forma de becerro.
3 Por eso serán como la niebla de la mañana,
como el rocío de madrugada, que temprano desaparece,
como la paja que se lleva el viento,
como el humo que sale por la chimenea.
4 Dice el Señor:
«Yo, el Señor, soy tu Dios
desde que estabas en Egipto:
No reconozcas como Dios a nadie sino a mí,
pues sólo yo soy tu salvador.
5 Yo te cuidé en las tierras ardientes del desierto.
6 »Pero cuando ustedes tuvieron comida de sobra,
su corazón se llenó de orgullo
y se olvidaron de mí.
7 Por lo tanto, voy a ser para ellos como un león,
como un leopardo que los aceche en el camino.
8 Voy a salir a su encuentro como una osa
que ha perdido sus cachorros,
y les despedazaré el corazón.
Como un león, los devoraré allí mismo;
como una fiera, los destrozaré.
9 Voy a destruirte, Israel,
y nadie podrá evitarlo.
10 Pues ¿dónde está ahora tu rey,
que te salve en todas tus ciudades?
¿Dónde están tus caudillos,
a quienes pediste rey y jefes?
11 Enojado contigo, te di reyes,
y enojado contigo, te los quité.
12 »La maldad de Efraín está anotada;
su pecado ha quedado registrado.
13 A Israel le ha llegado el momento de nacer,
pero es un hijo tan torpe
que ni siquiera es capaz de colocarse
en la debida posición para el parto.
14 ¿Y habré de librarlos del poder del sepulcro?
¿Habré de rescatarlos de la muerte?...
¿Dónde está, muerte, tu poder destructor?
¿Dónde están, sepulcro, tus males?
¡Ya no tendré compasión de esta gente!»
15 Aunque Israel florezca como la hierba,
vendrá el viento del este,
el fuerte viento que sopla del desierto,
y secará y agotará sus fuentes y manantiales.
El enemigo le arrebatará el tesoro de sus ricas joyas.
16 (14.1) El pueblo de Samaria llevará su castigo
por haberse rebelado contra su Dios.
Morirán a filo de espada,
sus niños serán estrellados contra el suelo
y las mujeres embarazadas serán abiertas en canal.
Hosea 13
New International Version
Hosea 13
New International Version
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;(A)
he was exalted(B) in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship(C) and died.
2 Now they sin more and more;
they make(D) idols for themselves from their silver,(E)
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.(F)
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss[a](G) calf-idols!(H)”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,(I)
like chaff(J) swirling from a threshing floor,(K)
like smoke(L) escaping through a window.
4 “But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.(M)
You shall acknowledge(N) no God but me,(O)
no Savior(P) except me.
5 I cared for you in the wilderness,(Q)
in the land of burning heat.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;(R)
then they forgot(S) me.(T)
7 So I will be like a lion(U) to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(V)
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(W) I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.(X)
9 “You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me,(Y) against your helper.(Z)
10 Where is your king,(AA) that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?(AB)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(AC)
and in my wrath I took him away.(AD)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.(AE)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(AF) come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(AG) arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(AH)
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(AI)
I will redeem them from death.(AJ)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?(AK)
“I will have no compassion,
15 even though he thrives(AL) among his brothers.
An east wind(AM) from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.(AN)
His storehouse will be plundered(AO)
of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(AP) must bear their guilt,(AQ)
because they have rebelled(AR) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(AS)
their little ones will be dashed(AT) to the ground,
their pregnant women(AU) ripped open.”[b]
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
- Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
Hosea 13
King James Version
Hosea 13
King James Version
13 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
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