Amos 3 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Heare this worde that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, euen against the whole familie which I brought vp from the land of Egypt, saying,
1 OID esta palabra que ha hablado Jehová contra vosotros, hijos de Israel, contra toda la familia que hice subir de la tierra de Egipto. Dice así:
2 You onely haue I knowen of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visite you for all your iniquities.
2 A vosotros solamente he conocido de todas las familias de la tierra; por tanto visitaré contra vosotros todas vuestras maldades.
3 Can two walke together except they bee agreed?
3 ¿Andarán dos juntos, si no estuvieren de concierto?
4 Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?
4 ¿Bramará el león en el monte sin hacer presa? ¿dará el leoncillo su bramido desde su morada, si no prendiere?
5 Can a birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or will he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at all?
5 ¿Caerá el ave en el lazo en la tierra, sin haber armador? ¿alzaráse el lazo de la tierra, si no se ha prendido algo?
6 Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?
6 ¿Tocaráse la trompeta en la ciudad, y no se alborotará el pueblo? ¿habrá algún mal en la ciudad, el cual Jehová no haya hecho?
7 Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reueileth his secrete vnto his seruantes the Prophets.
7 Porque no hará nada el Señor Jehová, sin que revele su secreto á sus siervos los profetas.
8 The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?
8 Bramando el león, ¿quién no temerá? hablando el Señor Jehová, ¿quién no profetizará?
9 Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and saye, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.
9 Haced pregonar sobre los palacios de Azoto, y sobre los palacios de tierra de Egipto, y decid: Reuníos sobre los montes de Samaria, y ved muchas opresiones en medio de ella, y violencias en medio de ella.
10 For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.
10 Y no saben hacer lo recto, dice Jehová, atesorando rapiñas y despojos en sus palacios.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.
11 Por tanto, el Señor Jehová ha dicho así: Un enemigo [habrá] aún por todos lados de la tierra, y derribará de ti tu fortaleza, y tus palacios serán saqueados.
12 Thus saieth the Lord, As the shephearde taketh out of the mouth of the lyon two legges, or a piece of an eare: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus, as in a couche.
12 Así ha dicho Jehová: De la manera que el pastor libra de la boca del león dos piernas, ó la punta de una oreja, así escaparán los hijos de Israel que moran en Samaria en el rincón de la cama, y al canto del lecho.
13 Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.
13 Oid y protestad en la casa de Jacob, ha dicho Jehová Dios de los ejércitos:
14 Surely in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel vpon him, I wil also visite the altars of Beth-el, and the hornes of the altar shall be broken off, and fall to the ground.
14 Que el día que visitaré las rebeliones de Israel sobre él, visitaré también sobre los altares de Beth-el; y serán cortados los cuernos del altar, y caerán á tierra.
15 And I wil smite the winter house with the sommer house, and the houses of yuorie shall perish, and the great houses shalbe consumed, sayth the Lord.
15 Y heriré la casa del invierno con la casa del verano, y las casas de marfil perecerán; y muchas casas serán arruinadas, dice Jehová.
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Amos 2:10; Micah 3:1; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 31:1; Hosea 4:1
- 2 Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 19:5–6; Deuteronomy 10:15; 1 Peter 4:17; Zechariah 14:17–18
- 3 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 5:22; Genesis 6:9
- 4 Hosea 11:10; Psalm 104:21; Amos 1:2; Hosea 5:14; Amos 3:8
- 5 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Jeremiah 31:28; Daniel 9:14
- 6 Isaiah 45:7; Zephaniah 1:16; Isaiah 14:24–27; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Genesis 50:20
- 7 John 15:15; Genesis 18:17; Psalm 25:14; Revelation 1:1; Daniel 9:22–27
- 8 Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 3:4; Acts 4:20; Amos 1:2; Amos 2:12
- 9 Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1; Amos 1:8; 1 Samuel 5:1; Amos 8:6
- 10 Zephaniah 1:9; Jeremiah 4:22; Psalm 14:4; Zechariah 5:3–4; Habakkuk 2:8–11
- 11 2 Kings 18:9–11; Amos 6:14; Amos 2:5; 2 Kings 17:3–6; 2 Kings 15:19
- 12 1 Samuel 17:34–37; Romans 11:4–5; Isaiah 31:4; Amos 9:2–3; 2 Kings 16:9
- 13 Ephesians 4:17; Acts 20:21; Isaiah 1:24; Amos 5:27; Acts 2:40
- 14 2 Kings 23:15; Hosea 10:5–8; Hosea 10:14–15; 2 Chronicles 34:6–7; Amos 5:5–6
- 15 1 Kings 22:39; Jeremiah 36:22; Amos 6:11; Judges 3:20; Isaiah 5:9
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But now at all events mark the beasts which are unquestionably of savage kind. "The lion roareth, who doth not fear?" And yet wherein is it that thou dost find thyself to be stronger than he?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Nay, even when He says that God creates evil things, and that there is no evil in a city that the Lord hath not done, he does not mean by these words that the Lord is the cause of evil, but the word evil ' is used in two ways, with two meanings.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)