Oseas 7
La Biblia de las Américas
Iniquidad y rebelión de Israel
7 Cuando yo quería curar a Israel,
se descubrió la iniquidad de Efraín(A)
y las maldades de Samaria,
porque practican el engaño(B);
el ladrón entra,
los bandidos despojan por fuera(C),
2 y ellos no consideran en[a] su corazón
que yo recuerdo toda su maldad(D).
Ahora les rodean sus hechos(E),
ante mi rostro están.
3 Con su maldad(F) alegran al rey(G),
y con sus mentiras a los príncipes(H).
4 Todos ellos son adúlteros(I);
son como horno encendido por el hornero,
que deja de atizar el fuego
desde que prepara[b] la masa hasta que fermenta.
5 En la fiesta[c] de nuestro rey, los príncipes se enfermaron por el calor del vino(J);
él extendió la mano a los escarnecedores(K),
6 pues sus corazones son como un horno
mientras se acercan a su emboscada;
toda la noche duerme su ira[d],
por la mañana arde como llamas de fuego(L).
7 Todos ellos están calientes como un horno,
y devoran a sus gobernantes(M);
todos sus reyes han caído.
No hay entre ellos quien me invoque(N).
8 Efraín se mezcla con las naciones[e](O);
Efraín es como una torta no volteada.
9 Devoran extranjeros su fuerza(P),
y él no lo sabe(Q);
también tiene cabellos canos,
y él no lo sabe.
10 Testifica contra él[f] el orgullo de Israel(R),
pero no se han vuelto al Señor su Dios,
ni lo han buscado(S) a pesar de todo esto.
11 Efraín es como paloma incauta(T), sin entendimiento[g](U);
llaman a Egipto(V), acuden a Asiria(W).
12 Cuando vayan, tenderé sobre ellos mi red(X),
como aves del cielo los haré caer;
los castigaré conforme a lo anunciado a su congregación[h](Y).
13 ¡Ay de ellos(Z), pues de mí se han alejado(AA)!
Sobre ellos vendrá[i] la destrucción, porque contra mí se han rebelado;
yo los redimiría, pero ellos hablan mentiras contra mí(AB).
14 Y no claman a mí(AC) de corazón
cuando gimen en sus lechos;
por el trigo y el mosto se reunen[j](AD),
y se alejan de mí(AE).
15 Aunque yo adiestré y fortalecí sus brazos,
traman el mal contra mí(AF).
16 Se vuelven, pero no hacia lo alto[k],
son como un arco engañoso(AG).
Sus príncipes caerán a espada
por la insolencia[l] de sus lenguas(AH);
esto será su escarnio en la tierra de Egipto(AI).
Footnotes
- Oseas 7:2 Lit., no dicen a
- Oseas 7:4 Lit., amasa
- Oseas 7:5 Lit., Un día
- Oseas 7:6 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en el T.M., hornero
- Oseas 7:8 Lit., los pueblos
- Oseas 7:10 Lit., en su rostro
- Oseas 7:11 Lit., corazón
- Oseas 7:12 O posiblemente, por sus maldades
- Oseas 7:13 Lit., Para ellos es
- Oseas 7:14 Varios mss. y la versión gr. (sept.) dicen: se hacen sajaduras
- Oseas 7:16 O posiblemente, hacia el Altísimo
- Oseas 7:16 Lit., indignación o maldición
Hosea 7
New International Version
7 1 whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
    and the crimes of Samaria revealed.(A)
They practice deceit,(B)
    thieves break into houses,(C)
    bandits rob in the streets;(D)
2 but they do not realize
    that I remember(E) all their evil deeds.(F)
Their sins engulf them;(G)
    they are always before me.
3 “They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(H)
4 They are all adulterers,(I)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
    the princes become inflamed with wine,(J)
    and he joins hands with the mockers.(K)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;(L)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(M)
    and none of them calls(N) on me.
8 “Ephraim mixes(O) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(P)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(Q)
    but despite all this
he does not return(R) to the Lord his God
    or search(S) for him.
11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(T)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(U)
    now turning to Assyria.(V)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(W) over them;
    I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
    I will catch them.
13 Woe(X) to them,
    because they have strayed(Y) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me(Z) falsely.(AA)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(AB)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(AC)
    but they turn away from me.(AD)
15 I trained(AE) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(AF) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(AG)
    they are like a faulty bow.(AH)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(AI) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(AJ)
    in the land of Egypt.(AK)
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together
Hosea 7
Tree of Life Version
Iniquity of Senseless Ephraim
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
    even the wickedness of Samaria,
    for they practice fraud.
So a thief breaks in;
    a marauding band will raid outside.
2 But they never admit in their heart
that I remember all their evil.
Now their deeds are all around them.
They are right before My face.
3 They gladden the king with their evil
and the princes with their lies.
4 All of them are practicing adultery,
as an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring
    or kneading dough when it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king,
princes become sick from wine.
His hand drags scorners along.
6 For their hearts are like an oven,
as they wait in ambush.
All night their anger smolders.
In the morning it burns like a blazing fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All of their kings have fallen.
None among them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples.
Ephraim has become a pancake
    that never gets turned over.
9 Strangers devoured his strength—
    yet he does not know it.
Gray hairs have spread on him—
    and he does not know it.
10 Though the Pride of Israel
has answered him to his face,
yet they did not return
    to Adonai their God,
nor seek Him about all this.
11 Ephraim is like a senseless silly dove,
they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.
12 As they are going,
I will spread out My net over them,
I will bring them down like a bird from the sky.
I will chasten them as in the report
    that comes to their assembly.
13 Oy to them!
    For they strayed from Me.
Devastation to them!
    For they rebelled against Me.
Should I redeem them
    after they spoke lies about Me?
14 Nor did they not cry to Me in their heart
when they were wailing on their beds.
For the sake of grain and new wine
    they slash themselves—
    they keep turning away from Me.
15 I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they kept planning evil against Me.
16 They will turn back—only not upwards.
They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes will fall by the sword
    because of the insolence with their tongues.
This will be for their ridicule in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 7
King James Version
7 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 7
New King James Version
Israel Has Rebelled Against God
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.
2 They [b]do not consider in their hearts
That (B)I remember all their wickedness;
Now their own deeds have surrounded them;
They are before My face.
3 They make a (C)king glad with their wickedness,
And princes (D)with their lies.
4 “They(E) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
5 In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, [c]inflamed with (F)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
6 They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
[d]Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(G)None among them calls upon Me.
8 “Ephraim (H)has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
9 (I)Aliens have devoured his strength,
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 And the (J)pride of Israel testifies to his face,
But (K)they do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.
Futile Reliance on the Nations
11 “Ephraim(L) also is like a silly dove, without [e]sense—
(M)They call to Egypt,
They go to (N)Assyria.
12 Wherever they go, I will (O)spread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
(P)According to what their congregation has heard.
13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though (Q)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
14 (R)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.
“They [f]assemble together for grain and new (S)wine,
[g]They rebel against Me;
15 Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms,
Yet they devise evil against Me;
16 They return, but not [h]to the Most High;
(T)They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes shall fall by the sword
For the (U)cursings of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (V)in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 plunders
- Hosea 7:2 Lit. do not say to
- Hosea 7:5 Lit. with the heat of
- Hosea 7:6 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. Their anger; LXX Ephraim
- Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart
- Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
- Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me
- Hosea 7:16 Or upward
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