Amos 2 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Moab, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because it burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime.
1 ASÍ ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Moab, y por el cuarto, no desviaré su castigo; porque quemó los huesos del rey de Idumea [hasta tornarlos] en cal.
2 Therefore will I send a fire vpon Moab, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.
2 Y meteré fuego en Moab, y consumirá los palacios de Chêrioth: y morirá Moab en alboroto, en estrépito y sonido de trompeta.
3 And I will cut off the iudge out of the mids thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, sayth the Lord.
3 Y quitaré el juez de en medio de él, y mataré con él á todos sus príncipes, dice Jehová.
4 Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they haue cast away the Lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his commandementes, and their lies caused them to erre after the which their fathers haue walked.
4 Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Judá, y por el cuarto, no desviaré su castigo; porque menospreciaron la ley de Jehová, y no guardaron sus ordenanzas; é hiciéronlos errar sus mentiras, en pos de las cuales anduvieron sus padres.
5 Therefore will I send a fire vpon Iudah, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem.
5 Meteré por tanto fuego en Judá, el cual consumirá los palacios de Jerusalem.
6 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer and the poore for shooes.
6 Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Israel, y por el cuarto, no desviaré su castigo; porque vendieron por dinero al justo, y al pobre por un par de zapatos:
7 They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.
7 Que anhelan porque haya polvo de tierra sobre la cabeza de los pobres, y tuercen el camino de los humildes: y el hombre y su padre entraron á la [misma] moza, profanando mi santo nombre.
8 And they lye downe vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery altar: and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.
8 Y sobre las ropas empeñadas se acuestan junto á cualquier altar; y el vino de los penados beben en la casa de sus dioses.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before the, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the okes: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his roote from beneath.
9 Y yo destruí delante de ellos al Amorrheo, cuya altura era como la altura de los cedros, y fuerte como un alcornoque; y destruí su fruto arriba, sus raíces abajo.
10 Also I brought you vp from the land of Egypt, and led you fourtie yeres thorowe the wildernesse, to possesse the land of the Amorite.
10 Y yo os hice á vosotros subir de la tierra de Egipto, y os traje por el desierto cuarenta años, para que poseyeseis la tierra del Amorrheo.
11 And I raysed vp of your sonnes for Prophets, and of your yong men for Nazarites. Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lord?
11 Y levanté de vuestros hijos para profetas, y de vuestros mancebos para que fuesen Nazareos. ¿No es esto así, dice Jehová, hijos de Israel?
12 But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commanded the Prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.
12 Mas vosotros disteis de beber vino á los Nazareos; y á los profetas mandasteis, diciendo: No profeticéis.
13 Behold, I am pressed vnder you as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaues.
13 Pues he aquí, yo [os] apretaré en vuestro lugar, como se aprieta el carro lleno de haces;
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.
14 Y la huída perecerá del ligero, y el fuerte no esforzará su fuerza, ni el valiente librará su vida;
15 Nor he that handleth the bowe, shall stand, and he that is swift of foote, shall not escape, neyther shall he that rideth the horse, saue his life.
15 Y el que toma el arco no resistirá, ni escapará el ligero de pies, ni el que cabalga en caballo salvará su vida.
16 And he that is of a mighty courage among the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lord.
16 El esforzado entre esforzados huirá desnudo aquel día, dice Jehová.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Zephaniah 2:8–9; Amos 1:3; Ezekiel 25:8–9; Jeremiah 48:1–47; Isaiah 25:10
- 2 Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 48:24; Amos 1:14; Isaiah 9:5; Jeremiah 48:34
- 3 Jeremiah 48:7; Numbers 24:17; Jeremiah 48:25; Isaiah 40:23; Psalm 2:10
- 4 Ezekiel 20:24; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 20:13; Hosea 12:2; Habakkuk 2:18
- 5 Hosea 8:14; Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 52:13; Jeremiah 37:8–10
- 6 Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11–12; Micah 3:2–3; Amos 8:4–6; Ezekiel 23:5–9
- 7 Amos 5:12; Ezekiel 22:11; Isaiah 10:2; Micah 2:9; Micah 2:2
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:12–17; Exodus 22:26–27; Amos 6:6; Hosea 4:8; 1 Corinthians 8:10
- 9 Malachi 4:1; Job 18:16; Exodus 34:11; Numbers 13:28–29; Genesis 15:16
- 10 Deuteronomy 2:7; Exodus 12:51; Acts 7:42; Amos 3:1; Acts 13:18
- 11 Numbers 6:2–3; Jeremiah 7:25; 1 Kings 20:13; Deuteronomy 18:18; 2 Kings 6:1
- 12 Isaiah 30:10; Amos 7:13; Micah 2:6; Jeremiah 11:21; Amos 7:16
- 13 Isaiah 1:14; Isaiah 7:13; Malachi 2:17; Isaiah 43:24; Ezekiel 16:43
- 14 Jeremiah 9:23; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Psalm 33:16; Amos 9:1–3; Job 11:20
- 15 Psalm 33:16–17; Ezekiel 39:3
- 16 Mark 14:52; Jeremiah 48:41; Judges 4:17; 2 Kings 7:8–20
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