Amos · World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Amos 5 World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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1 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
1 OID esta palabra, porque yo levanto endecha sobre vosotros, casa de Israel.
2 “The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
2 Cayó la virgen de Israel, no más podrá levantarse; dejada fué sobre su tierra, no hay quien la levante.
3 For the Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
3 Porque así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: La ciudad que sacaba mil, quedará con ciento; y la que sacaba ciento, quedará con diez, en la casa de Israel.
4 For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
4 Empero así dice Jehová á la casa de Israel: Buscadme, y viviréis;
5 but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
5 Y no busquéis á Beth-el ni entréis en Gilgal, ni paséis á Beer-seba: porque Gilgal será llevada en cautiverio, y Beth-el será deshecha.
6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
6 Buscad á Jehová, y vivid; no sea que hienda, como fuego, á la casa de José, y la consuma, sin haber en Beth-el quien lo apague.
7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
7 Los que convierten en ajenjo el juicio, y dejan en tierra la justicia,
8 Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
8 [Miren] al que hace el Arcturo y el Orión, y las tinieblas vuelve en mañana, y hace oscurecer el día en noche; el que llama á las aguas de la mar, y las derrama sobre la haz de la tierra: Jehová es su nombre:
9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
9 Que da esfuerzo al despojador sobre el fuerte, y que el despojador venga contra la fortaleza.
10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
10 Ellos aborrecieron en la puerta al reprensor, y al que hablaba lo recto abominaron.
11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
11 Por tanto, pues que vejáis al pobre y recibís de él carga de trigo; edificasteis casas de sillares, mas no las habitaréis; plantasteis hermosas viñas, mas no beberéis el vino de ellas.
12 For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
12 Porque sabido he vuestras muchas rebeliones, y vuestros grandes pecados: que afligen al justo, y reciben cohecho, y á los pobres en la puerta hacen perder su causa.
13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
13 Por tanto, el prudente en tal tiempo calla, porque el tiempo es malo.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
14 Buscad lo bueno, y no lo malo, para que viváis; porque así Jehová Dios de los ejércitos será con vosotros, como decís.
15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
15 Aborreced el mal, y amad el bien, y poned juicio en la puerta: quizá Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos, tendrá piedad del remanente de José.
16 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
16 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová Dios de los ejércitos, el Señor: En todas las plazas habrá llanto, y en todas las calles dirán, ¡Ay! ¡ay! y al labrador llamarán á lloro, y á endecha á los que endechar supieren.
17 In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
17 Y en todas las viñas habrá llanto; porque pasaré por medio de ti, dice Jehová.
18 “Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
18 ¡Ay de los que desean el día de Jehová! ¿para qué queréis este día de Jehová? [Será de] tinieblas, y no luz:
19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
19 Como el que huye de delante del león, y se topa con el oso; ó si entrare en casa y arrimare su mano á la pared, y le muerda la culebra.
20 Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
20 ¿No será el día de Jehová tinieblas, y no luz; oscuridad, que no tiene resplandor?
21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
21 Aborrecí, abominé vuestras solemnidades, y no me darán buen olor vuestras asambleas.
22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
22 Y si me ofreciereis holocaustos y vuestros presentes, no los recibiré; ni miraré á los pacíficos de vuestros engordados.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
23 Quita de mí la multitud de tus cantares, que no escucharé las salmodias de tus instrumentos.
24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
24 Antes corra el juicio como las aguas, y la justicia como impetuoso arroyo.
25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
25 ¿Habéisme ofrecido sacrificios y presentes en el desierto en cuarenta años, casa de Israel?
26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
26 Mas llevabais el tabernáculo de vuestro Moloch y Chiún, ídolos vuestros, la estrella de vuestros dioses que os hicisteis.
27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
27 Hareos pues trasportar más allá de Damasco, ha dicho Jehová, cuyo nombre es Dios de los ejércitos.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 19:1; Jeremiah 9:17; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 9:10; Amos 3:1
- 2 Jeremiah 14:17; Hosea 14:1; Isaiah 14:21; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 15:29
- 3 Romans 9:27; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 6:13; Ezekiel 12:16; Isaiah 1:9
- 4 Zephaniah 2:3; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Jeremiah 29:12–13; Isaiah 55:3; Psalm 14:2
- 5 Hosea 4:15; Amos 4:4; Amos 8:14; Genesis 21:33; Amos 7:17
- 6 Isaiah 55:6; Ezekiel 20:47–48; Ezekiel 33:11; Zechariah 10:6; Amos 5:14
- 7 Amos 6:12; Zephaniah 1:6; Ezekiel 3:20; Hosea 10:4; Deuteronomy 29:18
- 8 Amos 4:13; Job 9:9; Amos 9:6; Amos 8:9; Psalm 104:20
- 9 Jeremiah 37:10; 2 Kings 13:17; Micah 5:11; 2 Kings 13:25; Hebrews 11:34
- 10 1 Kings 22:8; Isaiah 29:21; John 8:45–47; Jeremiah 17:16–17; Proverbs 9:7–8
- 11 Micah 6:15; Zephaniah 1:13; Deuteronomy 28:30; James 2:6; Haggai 1:6
- 12 Amos 2:6–7; Amos 5:10; Isaiah 1:23; 1 Samuel 8:3; Psalm 26:9–10
- 13 2 Timothy 3:1; Hosea 4:4; Ephesians 5:15–16; Micah 2:3; Ecclesiastes 3:7
- 14 Joshua 1:9; Matthew 6:33; Philippians 4:8–9; Micah 6:8; Micah 3:11
- 15 Romans 12:9; 3 John 11; Joel 2:14; Psalm 97:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22
- 16 Joel 1:11; Jeremiah 9:17–20; Jeremiah 9:10; Revelation 18:15–16; Micah 1:8
- 17 Exodus 12:12; Jeremiah 48:33; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 32:10–12; Joel 3:17
- 18 Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1–2; Joel 2:31; Jeremiah 30:7; Malachi 4:1
- 19 Isaiah 24:17–18; Jeremiah 15:2–3; Jeremiah 48:43–44; Job 20:24–25; Acts 28:4
- 20 Isaiah 13:10; Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Job 10:21–22; Jude 13
- 21 Isaiah 1:11–16; Proverbs 28:9; Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:20
- 22 Micah 6:6–7; Amos 4:4–5; Isaiah 66:3; Leviticus 7:12–15; Psalm 50:23
- 23 Amos 6:5; Amos 8:10; Amos 8:3
- 24 Micah 6:8; Jeremiah 22:3; Proverbs 21:3; Hosea 6:6; Mark 12:32–34
- 25 Acts 7:42–43; Ezekiel 20:8; Nehemiah 9:18; Joshua 24:14; Leviticus 17:7
- 26 Leviticus 20:2–5; 2 Kings 23:12–13; 1 Kings 11:33; Leviticus 18:21
- 27 2 Kings 17:6; Acts 7:43; Amos 4:13; 2 Kings 15:29
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But God turned, and gave them up to worship the hosts of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets: O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to Me sacrifices and oblations for forty years in the wilderness?
I will seek Thee, that my soul may live. For my body liveth by my soul, and my soul liveth by Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
I am moreover restrained by the Prophet's saying, "Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time, for it is an evil time," a time when some trip up their neighbours' heels, some stamp on a man when he is down, and others clap their hands with joy, but there is not one to feel for the fallen and hold …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
The day of the Lord is darkness and not light." A day of darkness for those who are worthy of darkness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)