Oseas 2
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Infidelidad del pueblo
2 [a]Digan a sus hermanos: «Ammí[b]», y a sus hermanas: «Ruhamá[c]».
2 «Discutan con su madre(A), discutan,
Porque ella no es mi mujer(B), y Yo no soy su marido;
Que quite, pues, de su rostro sus prostituciones(C),
Y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;
3 No sea que Yo la desnude completamente(D)
Y la deje como el día en que nació(E),
Y la ponga como un desierto(F),
La reduzca a tierra seca
Y la mate de sed(G).
4 -»Tampoco tendré compasión de sus hijos,
Porque son hijos de prostitución(H),
5 Pues su madre se prostituyó;
La que los concibió se deshonró,
Porque dijo: “Iré tras mis amantes(I),
Que me dan mi pan y mi agua(J),
Mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida(K)”.
6 -»Por tanto, voy a cercar su camino(L) con espinos(M),
Y levantaré un muro contra ella para que no encuentre sus senderos(N).
7 -»Ella seguirá a sus amantes, pero no los alcanzará(O);
Los buscará, pero no los hallará.
Entonces dirá: “Iré y volveré(P) a mi primer marido(Q),
Porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora(R)”.
8 ¶»Pues ella no sabía(S) que era Yo el que le daba el trigo, el vino nuevo y el aceite(T),
Y le prodigaba la plata y el oro,
Que ellos usaban para Baal.
9 -»Por tanto, volveré a tomar Mi trigo a su tiempo
Y Mi vino nuevo a su sazón(U).
También me llevaré Mi lana y Mi lino
Que le di para que cubriera su desnudez.
10 -»Y entonces descubriré su vergüenza(V)
Ante los ojos de sus amantes,
Y nadie la librará de Mi mano.
11 -»Haré cesar también todo su regocijo(W),
Sus fiestas, sus lunas nuevas, sus días de reposo,
Y todas sus solemnidades(X).
12 -»Devastaré sus vides y sus higueras(Y),
De las cuales decía ella: “Son la paga
Que mis amantes me han dado”.
Y las convertiré en matorral(Z),
Y las devorarán las bestias del campo(AA).
13 -»La castigaré por los días de los Baales(AB)
Cuando ella les ofrecía sacrificios(AC)
Y se adornaba con sus zarcillos y joyas(AD),
Y se iba tras sus amantes, y se olvidaba de Mí(AE)», declara el Señor.
Dios se desposará con Su pueblo
14 ¶«Por tanto, voy a seducirla,
Llevarla al desierto(AF),
Y hablarle al corazón.
15 -»Allí le daré sus viñas(AG),
Y el valle de Acor(AH) por puerta de esperanza.
Y allí cantará como en los días de su juventud(AI),
Como en el día en que subió de la tierra de Egipto(AJ).
16 -»Sucederá en aquel día», declara el Señor,
«Que me llamarás Ishí[d](AK)
Y no me llamarás más Baalí[e].
17 -»Porque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los Baales,
Y nunca más serán mencionados por sus nombres(AL).
18 -»En aquel día haré también un pacto por ellos
Con las bestias del campo(AM),
Con las aves del cielo
Y con los reptiles de la tierra.
Quitaré de la tierra el arco, la espada y la guerra(AN),
Y haré que ellos duerman seguros(AO).
19 -»Te desposaré conmigo para siempre(AP);
Sí, te desposaré conmigo en justicia y en derecho,
En misericordia y en compasión(AQ);
20 Te desposaré conmigo en fidelidad,
Y tú conocerás al Señor(AR).
21 ¶»Y sucederá que en aquel día Yo responderé», declara el Señor,
«Responderé a los cielos, y ellos responderán a la tierra(AS),
22 Y la tierra responderá al trigo, al vino nuevo y al aceite(AT),
Y ellos responderán a Jezreel[f].
23 -»La sembraré para Mí en la tierra(AU),
Y tendré compasión de la que no recibió compasión[g](AV),
Y diré al que no era Mi pueblo[h](AW):
“Tú eres Mi pueblo(AX)”,
Y él dirá: “Tú eres mi Dios”».
Hosea 2
New King James Version
The Lord’s Love for His Unfaithful People
God’s Unfaithful People
2 “Bring[c] charges against your mother, [d]bring charges;
For (A)she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband!
Let her put away her (B)harlotries from her sight,
And her adulteries from between her breasts;
3 Lest (C)I strip her naked
And expose her, as in the day she was (D)born,
And make her like a wilderness,
And set her like a dry land,
And slay her with (E)thirst.
4 “I will not have mercy on her children,
For they are the (F)children of harlotry.
5 For their mother has played the harlot;
She who conceived them has behaved shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
(G)Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’
6 “Therefore, behold,
(H)I will hedge up your way with thorns,
And [e]wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.
7 She will [f]chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
(I)‘I will go and return to my (J)first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’
8 For she did not (K)know
That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil,
And multiplied her silver and gold—
Which they prepared for Baal.
9 “Therefore I will return and take away
My grain in its time
And My new wine in its season,
And will take back My wool and My linen,
Given to cover her nakedness.
10 Now (L)I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
11 (M)I will also cause all her mirth to cease,
Her feast days,
Her New Moons,
Her Sabbaths—
All her appointed feasts.
12 “And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
Of which she has said,
‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.’
So I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 I will punish her
For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense.
She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And went after her lovers;
But Me she forgot,” says the Lord.
God’s Mercy on His People
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Will bring her into the wilderness,
And speak [g]comfort to her.
15 I will give her her vineyards from there,
And (N)the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in (O)the days of her youth,
(P)As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 “And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the Lord,
“That you will call Me [h]‘My Husband,’
And no longer call Me [i]‘My Master,’
17 For (Q)I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
18 In that day I will make a (R)covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
With the birds of the air,
And with the creeping things of the ground.
Bow and sword of battle (S)I will shatter from the earth,
To make them (T)lie down safely.
19 “I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice,
In lovingkindness and mercy;
20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And (U)you shall know the Lord.
21 “It shall come to pass in that day
That (V)I will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.
22 The earth shall answer
With grain,
With new wine,
And with oil;
They shall answer [j]Jezreel.
23 Then (W)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
(X)And I will have mercy on her who had [k]not obtained mercy;
Then (Y)I will say to those who were [l]not My people,
‘You are [m]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:1 Heb. Ammi, Hos. 1:9, 10
- Hosea 2:1 Heb. Ruhamah, Hos. 1:6
- Hosea 2:2 Or Contend with
- Hosea 2:2 Or contend
- Hosea 2:6 Lit. wall up her wall
- Hosea 2:7 Or pursue
- Hosea 2:14 Lit. to her heart
- Hosea 2:16 Heb. Ishi
- Hosea 2:16 Heb. Baali
- Hosea 2:22 Lit. God Will Sow
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ruhamah
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ammi
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. ammi
Hosea 2
King James Version
2 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
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