Revelation 8

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The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When he opened the seventh seal,^(A) there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

²And I saw the seven angels^(B) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.^(C)

³Another angel,^(D) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,^(E) on the golden altar^(F) in front of the throne. ⁴The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God^(G) from the angel’s hand. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,^(H) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,^(I) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.^(J)

The Trumpets

⁶Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets^(K) prepared to sound them.

⁷The first angel^(L) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire^(M) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third^(N) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.^(O)

⁸The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,^(P) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third^(Q) of the sea turned into blood,^(R) ⁹a third^(S) of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky^(T) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water^(U)— ¹¹the name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third^(V) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.^(W)

¹²The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third^(X) of them turned dark.^(Y) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.^(Z)

¹³As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair^(AA) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe^(AB) to the inhabitants of the earth,^(AC) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

Notas al pie

Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.

Psalm 147

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Psalm 147

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant^(A) and fitting to praise him!^(B)

²The Lord builds up Jerusalem;^(C)
    he gathers the exiles^(D) of Israel.
³He heals the brokenhearted^(E)
    and binds up their wounds.^(F)
⁴He determines the number of the stars^(G)
    and calls them each by name.
⁵Great is our Lord^(H) and mighty in power;^(I)
    his understanding has no limit.^(J)
⁶The Lord sustains the humble^(K)
    but casts the wicked^(L) to the ground.

⁷Sing to the Lord^(M) with grateful praise;^(N)
make music^(O) to our God on the harp.^(P)

⁸He covers the sky with clouds;^(Q)
    he supplies the earth with rain^(R)
    and makes grass grow^(S) on the hills.
⁹He provides food^(T) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens^(U) when they call.

¹⁰His pleasure is not in the strength^(V) of the horse,^(W)
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
¹¹the Lord delights^(X) in those who fear him,^(Y)
who put their hope^(Z) in his unfailing love.^(AA)

¹²Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;^(AB)
praise your God, Zion.

¹³He strengthens the bars of your gates^(AC)
and blesses your people^(AD) within you.
¹⁴He grants peace^(AE) to your borders
and satisfies you^(AF) with the finest of wheat.^(AG)

¹⁵He sends his command^(AH) to the earth;
    his word runs^(AI) swiftly.
¹⁶He spreads the snow^(AJ) like wool
    and scatters the frost^(AK) like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls down his hail^(AL) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
¹⁸He sends his word^(AM) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,^(AN) and the waters flow.

¹⁹He has revealed his word^(AO) to Jacob,^(AP)
his laws and decrees^(AQ) to Israel.
²⁰He has done this for no other nation;^(AR)
they do not know^(AS) his laws.^[b]

Praise the Lord.^(AT)

Notas al pie

Psalm 147:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them

Amos 8-9

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A Basket of Ripe Fruit

8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:^(A) a basket of ripe fruit. ²“What do you see,^(B) Amos?^(C)” he asked.

“A basket^(D) of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.^(E)

³“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.^[a]^(F) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!^(G)”

⁴Hear this, you who trample the needy
and do away with the poor^(H) of the land,^(I)

⁵saying,

“When will the New Moon^(J) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market^(K) wheat?”^(L)—
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating^(M) with dishonest scales,^(N)
⁶buying the poor^(O) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.^(P)

⁷The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:^(Q) “I will never forget^(R) anything they have done.^(S)

⁸“Will not the land tremble^(T) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.^(U)

⁹“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.^(V)
¹⁰I will turn your religious festivals^(W) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.^(X)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth^(Y)
    and shave^(Z) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son^(AA)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.^(AB)

¹¹“The days are coming,”^(AC) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine^(AD) of hearing the words of the Lord.^(AE)
¹²People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.^(AF)

¹³“In that day

“the lovely young women and strong young men^(AG)
    will faint because of thirst.^(AH)
¹⁴Those who swear by the sin of Samaria^(AI)—
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’^(AJ)
    or, ‘As surely as the god^[b] of Beersheba^(AK) lives’—
    they will fall,^(AL) never to rise again.^(AM)”

Israel to Be Destroyed

9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads^(AN) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.^(AO)
²Though they dig down to the depths below,^(AP)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(AQ)
    from there I will bring them down.^(AR)
³Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(AS)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(AT)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(AU)
    there I will command the serpent^(AV) to bite them.^(AW)
⁴Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(AX) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
for harm^(AY) and not for good.^(AZ)”^(BA)

⁵The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(BB)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(BC)
⁶he builds his lofty palace^[c]^(BD) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[d] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(BE)

⁷“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[e]?”^(BF)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(BG) from Caphtor^[f]^(BH)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(BI)

⁸“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy^(BJ) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.^(BK)
⁹“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain^(BL) is shaken in a sieve,^(BM)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.^(BN)
¹⁰All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,^(BO)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’^(BP)

Israel’s Restoration

¹¹“In that day

“I will restore David’s^(BQ) fallen shelter^(BR)—
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins^(BS)—
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,^(BT)
¹²so that they may possess the remnant of Edom^(BU)
    and all the nations that bear my name,^[g]^(BV)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.^(BW)

¹³“The days are coming,”^(BX) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper^(BY) will be overtaken by the plowman^(BZ)
    and the planter by the one treading^(CA) grapes.
New wine^(CB) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,^(CC)
¹⁴    and I will bring^(CD) my people Israel back from exile.^[h]^(CE)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities^(CF) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards^(CG) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.^(CH)
¹⁵I will plant^(CI) Israel in their own land,^(CJ)
    never again to be uprooted^(CK)
    from the land I have given them,”^(CL)

says the Lord your God.^(CM)

Notas al pie

Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail
Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way
Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel