Amos · Literal Standard Version
Amos 6 Literal Standard Version
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1 Woe [to] those secure in Zion, || And those confident on the mountain of Samaria, || The marked of the chief of the nations, || And the house of Israel has come to them.
1 ¡AY de los reposados en Sión, y de los confiados en el monte de Samaria, nombrados principales entre las mismas naciones, las cuales vendrán sobre ellos, oh casa de Israel!
1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 Pass over [to] Calneh and see, || And go there [to] Hamath the great, || And go down [to] Gath of the Philistines, || Are [they] better than these kingdoms? [Is] their border greater than your border?
2 Pasad á Calne, y mirad; y de allí id á la gran Hamath; descended luego á Gath de los Palestinos: [ved] si [son] aquellos reinos mejores que estos reinos, si su término [es] mayor que vuestro término.
2 Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
3 Who are putting away the day of evil, || And you bring the seat of violence near,
3 Vosotros que dilatáis el día malo, y acercáis la silla de iniquidad;
3 Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
4 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, || And are spread out on their couches, || And are eating lambs from the flock, || And calves from the midst of the stall,
4 Duermen en camas de marfil, y se extienden sobre sus lechos; y comen los corderos del rebaño, y los becerros de en medio del engordadero;
4 who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,
5 Who are taking part according to the stringed instrument, || Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;
5 Gorjean al son de la flauta, é inventan instrumentos músicos, como David;
5 who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, || And anoint themselves [with] chief perfumes, || And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
6 Beben vino en tazones, y se ungen con los ungüentos más preciosos; y no se afligen por el quebrantamiento de José.
6 who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore they now go at the head of the captives, || And the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones is turned aside.
7 Por tanto, ahora pasarán en el principio de los que á cautividad pasaren, y se acercará el clamor de los extendidos.
7 Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
8 Lord YHWH has sworn by Himself, || A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts: “I am abominating the excellence of Jacob, || And his high places I have hated, || And I have delivered up the city and its fullness.”
8 El Señor Jehová juró por su alma, Jehová Dios de los ejércitos ha dicho: Tengo en abominación la grandeza de Jacob, y aborrezco sus palacios: y la ciudad y su plenitud entregaré al enemigo.
8 “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9 And if there are left ten persons in one house, || It has come to pass—that they have died.
9 Y acontecerá que si diez hombres quedaren en una casa, morirán.
9 It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 And his loved one has lifted him up, even his burner, || To bring forth the bones from the house, || And he said to him who [is] in the sides of the house, || “Is there [any] yet with you?” And he said, “None,” || Then he said, “Hush! We must not make mention of the Name of YHWH.”
10 Y su tío tomará á cada uno, y quemarále para sacar los huesos de casa; y dirá al que estará en los rincones de la casa: ¿Hay aún alguno contigo? Y dirá: No. Y dirá aquél: Calla, que no [podemos] hacer mención del nombre de Jehová.
10 “When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’
11 For behold, YHWH is commanding, || And He has struck the great house [with] breaches, || And the little house [with] clefts.
11 Porque he aquí, Jehová mandará, y herirá con hendiduras la casa mayor, y la casa menor con aberturas.
11 “For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12 Do horses run on a rock? Does one plow [it] with oxen? For you have turned judgment to gall, || And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.
12 ¿Correrán los caballos por las peñas? ¿ararán [en ellas] con vacas? ¿por qué habéis vosotros tornado el juicio en veneno, y el fruto de justicia en ajenjo?
12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
13 O you who are rejoicing at nothing, || Who are saying, “Have we not taken to ourselves horns by our strength?”
13 Vosotros que os alegráis en nada, que decís: ¿No nos hemos adquirido potencia con nuestra fortaleza?
13 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14 “Surely, behold, I am raising a nation against you, O house of Israel,” || A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts, || “And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, || To the stream of the desert.”
14 Pues he aquí, levantaré yo sobre vosotros, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová Dios de los ejércitos, gente que os oprimirá desde la entrada de Hamath hasta el arroyo del desierto.
14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 32:9–11; James 5:5; Luke 12:17–20; Amos 4:1; Zephaniah 1:12
- 2 Nahum 3:8; Genesis 10:10; 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Chronicles 26:6; Isaiah 10:9–11
- 3 Amos 9:10; Isaiah 56:12; Ezekiel 12:27; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Amos 3:10
- 4 Amos 3:12; James 5:5; 1 Samuel 25:36–38; Ezekiel 34:2–3; Isaiah 5:11–12
- 5 Isaiah 5:12; Amos 5:23; Amos 8:3; Genesis 31:27; Ecclesiastes 2:8
- 6 Genesis 49:22; 1 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Kings 17:3–6; Jeremiah 30:7
- 7 Amos 7:11; Amos 5:5; 1 Kings 20:16–20; Daniel 5:4–6; Nahum 1:10
- 8 Jeremiah 51:14; Amos 4:2; Jeremiah 22:5; Psalm 47:4; Amos 8:7
- 9 Amos 5:3; Job 1:2; Esther 5:11; Psalm 109:13; 1 Samuel 2:33
- 10 Amos 8:3; 1 Samuel 31:12; Ezekiel 20:39; Amos 5:13; Numbers 17:12
- 11 Amos 3:15; Isaiah 55:11; 2 Kings 25:9; Amos 6:8; Luke 19:44
- 12 Amos 5:7; Hosea 10:4; Amos 5:11–12; Isaiah 59:13–14; 1 Kings 21:7–13
- 13 Luke 12:19–20; Isaiah 28:14–15; James 4:16; 2 Kings 14:25; Job 31:29
- 14 2 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 8:65; Jeremiah 5:15–17; Numbers 34:7–8; 2 Kings 17:6
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They thought that they had instruments of music like David; drinking wine in bowls, and anointing themselves with the costliest ointment: and they were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph." Suppose those men who, assuming to be themselves learned and eloquent, despise our prophets as untaught and unskillful of speech, had been obliged to deliver a message like this, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hear, at all events, how even apart from these things the prophet finds fault with them, thus speaking, "Woe to them that drink wine racked off, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments." Seest thou how He censures luxury too?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)