Hosea · Majority Standard Bible
Hosea 2 Majority Standard Bible
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1 “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
1 DECID á vuestros hermanos, Ammi, y á vuestras hermanas, Ruhama:
2 Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
2 Pleitead con vuestra madre, pleitead; porque ella no es mi mujer, ni yo su marido; quite pues sus fornicaciones de su rostro, y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;
3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
3 No sea que yo la despoje desnuda, y la haga tornar como el día en que nació, y la ponga como un desierto, y la deje como tierra seca, y la mate de sed.
4 I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
4 Ni tendré misericordia de sus hijos: porque son hijos de fornicaciones.
5 For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
5 Porque su madre fornicó; la que los engendró fué avergonzada; porque dijo: Iré tras mis amantes, que me dan mi pan y mi agua, mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida.
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
6 Por tanto, he aquí yo cerco tu camino con espinas, y la cercaré con seto, y no hallará sus caminos.
7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
7 Y seguirá sus amantes, y no los alcanzará; buscarálos, y no los hallará. Entonces dirá: Iré, y volveréme á mi primer marido; porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora.
8 For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
8 Y ella no reconoció que yo le daba el trigo, y el vino, y el aceite, y que les multipliqué la plata y el oro con que hicieron á Baal.
9 Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
9 Por tanto yo tornaré, y tomaré mi trigo á su tiempo, y mi vino á su sazón, y quitaré mi lana y mi lino [que había dado] para cubrir su desnudez.
10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
10 Y ahora descubriré yo su locura delante de los ojos de sus amantes, y nadie la librará de mi mano.
11 I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
11 Y haré cesar todo su gozo, sus fiestas, sus nuevas lunas y sus sábados, y todas sus festividades.
12 I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
12 Y haré talar sus vides y sus higueras, de que ha dicho: Mi salario me son, que me han dado mis amantes. Y reducirélas á un matorral, y las comerán las bestias del campo.
13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
13 Y visitaré sobre ella los tiempos de los Baales, á los cuales incensaba, y adornábase de sus zarcillos y de sus joyeles, é íbase tras sus amantes olvidada de mí, dice Jehová.
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
14 Empero he aquí, yo la induciré, y la llevaré al desierto, y hablaré á su corazón.
15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
15 Y daréle sus viñas desde allí, y el valle de Achôr por puerta de esperanza; y allí cantará como en los tiempos de su juventud, y como en el día de su subida de la tierra de Egipto.
16 In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
16 Y será que en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, me llamarás Marido mío, y nunca más me llamarás Baali.
17 For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
17 Porque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los Baales, y nunca más serán mentados por sus nombres.
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
18 Y haré por ellos concierto en aquel tiempo con las bestias del campo, y con las aves del cielo, y con las serpientes de la tierra: y quebraré arco, y espada, y batalla de la tierra, y harélos dormir seguros.
19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
19 Y te desposaré conmigo para siempre; desposarte he conmigo en justicia, y juicio, y misericordia, y miseraciones.
20 And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
20 Y te desposaré conmigo en fe, y conocerás á Jehová.
21 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
21 Y será que en aquel tiempo responderé, dice Jehová, yo responderé á los cielos, y ellos responderán á la tierra;
22 And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
22 Y la tierra responderá al trigo, y al vino, y al aceite, y ellos responderán á Jezreel.
23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
23 Y sembraréla para mí en la tierra, y tendré misericordia de Lo-ruhama: y diré á Lo-ammi: Pueblo mío tú; y él dirá: Dios mío.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 2:10; Romans 11:30–31; 1 Timothy 1:13; Hosea 2:23; Ezekiel 37:27
- 2 Isaiah 50:1; Ezekiel 23:45; Jeremiah 3:13; Ezekiel 16:25; Jeremiah 3:1
- 3 Ezekiel 16:22; Isaiah 32:13–14; Amos 8:11–13; Ezekiel 19:13; Jeremiah 13:22
- 4 Ezekiel 8:18; James 2:13; Hosea 1:2; Jeremiah 13:14; Hosea 1:6
- 5 Jeremiah 44:17–18; Hosea 3:1; Isaiah 1:21; Hosea 2:8; Jeremiah 3:1–9
- 6 Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7–9; Job 3:23; Luke 19:43
- 7 Jeremiah 2:2; Luke 15:17–20; Jeremiah 14:22; Hosea 5:13; Ezekiel 23:22
- 8 Isaiah 1:3; Hosea 8:4; Romans 1:28; Hosea 4:11; Ezekiel 16:16–19
- 9 Isaiah 17:10–11; Malachi 1:4; Hosea 2:3; Haggai 1:6–11; Ezekiel 23:26
- 10 Ezekiel 23:29; Luke 12:2–3; Hosea 2:3; Isaiah 3:17; Hosea 13:7–8
- 11 Isaiah 1:13–14; Amos 5:21; Amos 8:5; Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9
- 12 Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 7:23; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 13:8; Jeremiah 8:13
- 13 Judges 3:7; Hosea 13:6; Hosea 13:1; Hosea 11:2; Jeremiah 7:9
- 14 Isaiah 40:1–2; Ezekiel 20:35–36; Revelation 12:6; Isaiah 30:18; Genesis 34:3
- 15 Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 28:26; Hosea 11:1; Joshua 7:26; Ezekiel 16:60
- 16 Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:7; Revelation 19:7; Jeremiah 3:14; John 3:29
- 17 Exodus 23:13; Psalm 16:4; Joshua 23:7; Zechariah 13:2; Jeremiah 10:11
- 18 Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 39:9–10; Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 11:6–9; Jeremiah 23:6
- 19 2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 21:2; Isaiah 54:14; Isaiah 54:8–10; John 3:29
- 20 John 17:3; 1 John 4:6; 1 John 5:20; Jeremiah 24:7; Colossians 1:10
- 21 Zechariah 8:12; Isaiah 65:24; Matthew 6:33; Isaiah 55:10; Romans 8:32
- 22 Joel 2:19; Hosea 1:11; Hosea 1:4; Jeremiah 31:12
- 23 Romans 9:25–26; 1 Peter 2:9–10; Zechariah 13:9; Hosea 1:9–10; Romans 3:29
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And what are the nuptial pledges of the Virgin, the holy bride? And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness.
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