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Oseas 4
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Oseas 4
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Pleito contra Israel
4 Escuchen, israelitas, la palabra del Señor,
porque el Señor entabla un pleito
contra los habitantes del país:
«Ya no hay en esta tierra fidelidad ni amor
ni conocimiento de Dios.
2 Solo hay maldición, mentira y asesinato,
robo y adulterio.
Abunda la violencia
y los homicidios se multiplican.
3 Por tanto, se resecará la tierra
y desfallecerán todos sus habitantes.
¡Morirán las bestias del campo,
las aves del cielo y los peces del mar!
4 »¡Que nadie acuse ni reprenda a nadie!
¡Tu pueblo parece acusar al sacerdote!
5 Tropiezas de día y de noche
y los profetas tropiezan contigo.
Tu madre dejará de existir,
6 pues por falta de conocimiento mi pueblo ha sido destruido.
»Puesto que rechazaste el conocimiento,
yo también te rechazo como mi sacerdote.
Ya que te olvidaste de la Ley de tu Dios,
yo también me olvidaré de tus hijos.
7 Mientras más aumentaban los sacerdotes,
más pecaban contra mí;
cambiaron a quien es su gloria en algo vergonzoso.
8 Del pecado de mi pueblo se alimentan;
disfrutan de su perversidad.
9 ¡Como es el pueblo, así será el sacerdote!
Por eso les pediré cuentas de su conducta
y les daré la paga de sus acciones.
10 »Comerán, pero no quedarán satisfechos;
se prostituirán, pero no procrearán;
porque han abandonado al Señor
para entregarse 11 a la prostitución,
al vino viejo y al vino nuevo,
que hacen perder la razón.
12 Mi pueblo consulta a su ídolo de madera
y ese pedazo de palo le responde.
Un espíritu de prostitución los descarría;
se prostituyen en abierto desafío a su Dios.
13 Sobre las cumbres de los montes ofrecen sacrificios,
queman incienso en las colinas,
bajo la agradable sombra
de robles, álamos y encinas.
Por eso se prostituyen sus hijas
y cometen adulterio sus nueras.
14 »Pero no castigaré a sus hijas
por sus prostituciones
ni a sus nueras
por sus adulterios,
porque sus propios maridos se juntan con prostitutas
y participan en sacrificios ofrecidos por prostitutas de cultos paganos.
¡Un pueblo sin entendimiento
se precipita a la ruina!
15 »Si tú, Israel, te prostituyes,
¡que no resulte culpable Judá!
»No vayan a Guilgal
ni suban a Bet Avén,[a]
ni juren diciendo: “¡Tan cierto como vive el Señor!”.
16 Israel es tan terco
como una novilla indómita.
¿Cómo podrá el Señor pastorearlos
en campo abierto, como a corderos?
17 Efraín se ha aliado con los ídolos;
¡pues que se quede con ellos!
18 Cuando ya no tienen buen vino,
se entregan de lleno a la prostitución,
¡y hasta sus gobernantes aman la deshonra!
19 ¡Por eso un torbellino los arrastrará
y quedarán avergonzados por sus sacrificios!
Oseas 4
Dios Habla Hoy
Oseas 4
Dios Habla Hoy
El pleito del Señor contra Israel
4 Israelitas, escuchen
lo que dice el Señor.
Él ha entablado un pleito
contra los que viven en este país,
porque aquí ya no hay lealtad entre la gente,
ni fidelidad ni conocimiento de Dios.
2 Abundan en cambio el juramento falso y la mentira,
el asesinato y el robo,
el adulterio y la violencia,
y se comete homicidio tras homicidio.
3 Por eso, el país está de luto;
se quedan sin fuerzas los que viven en él;
y con los animales salvajes y las aves
mueren también los peces del mar.
El Señor acusa a los sacerdotes
4 Dice el Señor:
«¡Que nadie acuse ni reprenda a otro!
Mi pleito es sólo contra ti, sacerdote.
5 Tú caerás en pleno día,
y por la noche
caerá también contigo el profeta,
y a tu madre la destruiré.
6 Mi pueblo no tiene conocimiento,
por eso ha sido destruido.
Y a ti, sacerdote, que rechazaste el conocimiento,
yo te rechazo de mi sacerdocio.
Puesto que tú olvidas las enseñanzas de tu Dios,
yo me olvidaré de tus descendientes.
7 »Cuantos más eran los sacerdotes, más pecaban contra mí;
por lo tanto, cambiaré su honra en afrenta.
8 Viven del pecado de mi pueblo;
por eso anhelan que mi gente peque.
9 Lo mismo al pueblo que a los sacerdotes,
los castigaré por su conducta.
10 Puesto que han dejado de servir al Señor,
comerán, pero no quedarán satisfechos;
se prostituirán, pero no tendrán hijos.
La idolatría de Israel
11 »La prostitución y el vino
hacen perder el juicio.
12 Mi pueblo consulta a sus ídolos de madera;
por medio de varas practica la adivinación.
Dominado por la prostitución,
mi pueblo sigue caminos equivocados:
se prostituye apartándose de su Dios.
13 En lo alto de los montes y sobre las colinas
queman incienso y ofrecen sacrificios,
y también bajo la buena sombra
de los robles, los álamos y las encinas.
Por eso se han prostituido las hijas de ustedes,
y sus nueras cometen adulterio.
14 Pero yo no castigaré a sus hijas por su prostitución
ni a sus nueras por sus adulterios,
porque ustedes mismos se van con prostitutas;
para ofrecer sacrificios, se juntan
con mujeres que practican la prostitución como un culto.
¡Y así se hunde un pueblo falto de inteligencia!
15 »Si tú, Israel, te prostituyes,
que al menos Judá no peque.
¡No vayan ustedes a Guilgal
ni suban a Bet-avén
ni juren por la vida del Señor!
16 Israel es rebelde
como una novilla arisca;
y así, ¿los cuidará el Señor en hermosos pastizales,
igual que si fueran corderitos?
17-18 Efraín se ha entregado a la idolatría.
¡Todos han caído como pandilla de borrachos!
Una y otra vez se prostituyen,
y prefieren la vergüenza a la honra.
19 ¡Un viento se los llevará en sus alas,
y se avergonzarán de su idolatría!
Hosea 4
New International Version
Hosea 4
New International Version
The Charge Against Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
2 There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)
3 Because of this the land dries up,(K)
and all who live in it waste away;(L)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.(M)
4 “But let no one bring a charge,
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.(N)
5 You stumble(O) day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(P)—
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(Q)
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(R) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
7 The more priests there were,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glorious God[b](S) for something disgraceful.(T)
8 They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.(U)
9 And it will be: Like people, like priests.(V)
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.(W)
10 “They will eat but not have enough;(X)
they will engage in prostitution(Y) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(Z) the Lord
to give themselves 11 to prostitution;(AA)
old wine(AB) and new wine
take away their understanding.(AC)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,(AD)
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(AE)
A spirit of prostitution(AF) leads them astray;(AG)
they are unfaithful(AH) to their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(AI) poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.(AJ)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(AK)
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(AL)
14 “I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(AM)
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(AN)—
a people without understanding(AO) will come to ruin!(AP)
15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
“Do not go to Gilgal;(AQ)
do not go up to Beth Aven.[c](AR)
And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’(AS)
16 The Israelites are stubborn,(AT)
like a stubborn heifer.(AU)
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambs(AV) in a meadow?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone!
18 Even when their drinks are gone,
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
19 A whirlwind(AW) will sweep them away,
and their sacrifices will bring them shame.(AX)
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on
- Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory
- Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
Hosea 4
Common English Bible
Hosea 4
Common English Bible
Israel’s sins and coming punishment
4 Hear the Lord’s word,
people of Israel;
for the Lord has a dispute
with the inhabitants of the land.
There’s no faithful love or loyalty,
and no knowledge of God in the land.
2 Swearing, lying, murder,
together with stealing and adultery are common;
bloody crime followed by bloody crime.
3 Therefore, the earth itself becomes sick,
and all who live on it grow weak;
together with the wild animals
and the birds in the sky,
even the fish of the sea are dying.
4 Yet let no one protest,
and let no one complain.
Listen, priest, I am angry with your people.[a]
5 You will stumble by day;
and at nighttime so will your prophet,
and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed
from lack of knowledge.
Since you have rejected knowledge,
so I will reject you from serving me as a priest.
Since you have forgotten the Instruction of your God,
so also I will forget your children.
7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glory for shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they set their hearts on evil things.
9 The priest will be just like the people;
I will punish them for their ways,
and judge them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied;
they will have sex like prostitutes,
but they will not have children,
because they have rejected the Lord
to devote themselves to 11 false religious practices.
Description of Israel’s idolatry
Wine and new wine
destroy understanding.
12 My people take advice from a piece of wood,
and their divining rod gives them predictions.
A spirit of prostitution has led them astray;
they have left God to follow other gods.
13 They offer sacrifices on mountaintops,
and make entirely burned offerings on hills;
they offer sacrifices under various green trees,
because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore, your daughters act like prostitutes,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters because they act like prostitutes,
nor your daughters-in-law because they commit adultery;
for the men themselves visit prostitutes,
and offer sacrifices with consecrated workers at temples;
so now the people without sense must come to ruin.
15 Israel, even though you act like a prostitute,
don’t let Judah become guilty.
Don’t enter into Gilgal,
or go up to Beth-aven,
and don’t swear, “As the Lord lives.”
16 Like a stubborn cow Israel is stubborn.
Now the Lord will tend them,[b]
as the Lord tends a lamb in a pasture.
17 Ephraim is associated with idols—
let him alone!
18 Though they have stopped drinking,
they continue to behave like prostitutes;
indeed, they “love”; shame is their pride.
19 The wind has wrapped her in its wings;
they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:4 Heb uncertain
- Hosea 4:16 Or her
Hosea 4
King James Version
Hosea 4
King James Version
4 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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