Hosea · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Hosea 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Audio: Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA), read by Joyfull · Oseas 1–14 · About the recordings
1 Escuchen la palabra del Señor, hijos de Israel. El Señor tiene una acusación contra los habitantes de esta tierra, porque en ella no hay fidelidad, ni misericordia, ni conocimiento de Dios.
1 Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 Hay maldiciones y promesas incumplidas, asesinatos y robos, adulterios y asaltos a las casas. Un derramamiento de sangre sigue a otro.
2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
3 Por eso la tierra se secará, y todos sus habitantes se consumirán, junto con los animales del campo y las aves del cielo. Hasta los peces del mar desaparecerán.
3 Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.
4 Que nadie presente acusaciones ni protestas, porque tu pueblo es como los que discuten con un sacerdote.
4 “Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5 No podrás mantenerte en pie de día, y de noche el profeta caerá contigo. Yo destruiré a tu madre.
5 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
6 Mi pueblo ha sido destruido por falta de conocimiento. Como tú rechazaste el conocimiento, yo te rechazaré y no serás mi sacerdote. Como olvidaste la ley de tu Dios, yo también olvidaré a tus hijos.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
7 Cuanto más aumentaban en número, más pecaban contra mí. Cambiaré su gloria en vergüenza.
7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
8 El pecado de mi pueblo es como alimento para ellos, y desean que el pueblo haga el mal.
8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
9 Al sacerdote le sucederá lo mismo que al pueblo. Los castigaré por sus malos caminos y les daré lo que merecen sus actos.
9 It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
10 Comerán, pero no quedarán satisfechos; me serán infieles, pero no aumentarán en número, porque ya no hacen caso al Señor.
10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh.
11 La prostitución y el vino nuevo quitan la sabiduría.
11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
12 Mi pueblo consulta a un árbol, y una vara le da respuestas. Un espíritu de infidelidad lo ha extraviado, y le ha sido infiel a su Dios.
12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
13 Hacen ofrendas en las cumbres de las montañas y queman incienso en los lugares altos, bajo toda clase de árboles, porque su sombra es agradable. Por eso tus hijas se prostituyen y tus nueras cometen adulterio.
13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
14 No castigaré a tus hijas ni a tus nueras por su mala conducta, porque ellos mismos se apartan con prostitutas y hacen ofrendas con quienes practican la prostitución en el culto a los dioses. El pueblo que no tiene sabiduría será expulsado.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 Israel, no caigas en el error. Judá, no vayas a Gilgal ni subas a Bet-avén, ni jures: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor».
15 “Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’
16 Israel es rebelde como una vaca que no se deja controlar. Ahora el Señor lo alimentará como a un cordero en un lugar abierto.
16 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
17 Efraín está unido a dioses falsos; déjalo.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
18 Su bebida se ha vuelto amarga; son completamente infieles. Sus gobernantes se complacen en la vergüenza.
18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
19 El viento los envuelve en sus alas, y quedarán avergonzados por sus ofrendas.
19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 4:22; Micah 6:2; Isaiah 3:13–14; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Jeremiah 5:4
- 2 Hosea 6:9; Micah 7:2; Jeremiah 6:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Jeremiah 7:6–10
- 3 Zephaniah 1:3; Isaiah 24:4–12; Nahum 1:4; Ezekiel 38:20; Amos 5:16
- 4 Deuteronomy 17:12; Ezekiel 3:26; Hosea 4:17; Jeremiah 18:18; Matthew 7:3–6
- 5 Hosea 2:2; Jeremiah 15:8; Galatians 4:26; Zechariah 13:2; Ezekiel 16:44–45
- 6 Isaiah 5:13; Proverbs 19:2; Hosea 6:6; 2 Corinthians 4:3–6; Hosea 4:1
- 7 Hosea 13:6; Philippians 3:19; 1 Samuel 2:30; Hosea 4:10; Malachi 2:9
- 8 Micah 3:11; Isaiah 56:11; Titus 1:11; 1 Samuel 2:29; Leviticus 6:26
- 9 Jeremiah 5:31; Isaiah 24:2; Matthew 15:14; Hosea 1:4; Jeremiah 23:11–12
- 10 Micah 6:14; Leviticus 26:26; Haggai 1:6; Psalm 36:3; Zephaniah 1:6
- 11 Proverbs 20:1; Luke 21:34; Isaiah 28:7; Proverbs 6:32; Ecclesiastes 7:7
- 12 Jeremiah 2:27; Hosea 5:4; Habakkuk 2:19; Numbers 15:39; Deuteronomy 31:16
- 13 Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 1:29; Amos 7:17; Jeremiah 2:20
- 14 Hosea 4:1; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 4:18; Proverbs 28:5; Hosea 14:9
- 15 Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11; Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5; Ephesians 5:11
- 16 1 Samuel 15:11; Jeremiah 5:6; Zechariah 7:11; Jeremiah 7:24; Leviticus 26:33
- 17 Psalm 81:12; Revelation 22:11; Hosea 11:2; Hosea 4:4; Hosea 13:2
- 18 Micah 3:11; Proverbs 30:15–16; Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19; Micah 7:3
- 19 Jeremiah 51:1; Jeremiah 4:11–12; Hosea 13:15; Isaiah 1:29; Jeremiah 17:13
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… it:" and "let us walk honestly as in the day." "For all things serve Thee." He said all things of some: "all" which belong to this day "serve Thee." For the ungodly of whom it is said, "I have compared thy mother unto the night," do not serve Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But sin also is called spirit, as I have already said; only in another and opposite sense, as when it is said, The spirit of whoredom caused them to err.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)