Oseas 11
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
El amor de Dios por su pueblo
11 Cuando Israel era niño, Yo lo amé,
Y de Egipto(A) llamé a Mi hijo(B).
2 Cuanto más los llamaban los profetas(C),
Tanto más se alejaban de ellos;
Seguían sacrificando a los Baales(D)
Y quemando incienso a los ídolos(E).
3 Sin embargo, Yo enseñé a andar a Efraín,
Yo lo llevé en Mis brazos(F);
Pero ellos no comprendieron que Yo los sanaba(G).
4 Con cuerdas humanas los conduje, con lazos de amor(H),
Y fui para ellos como quien alza el yugo de sobre sus quijadas(I);
Me incliné y les di de comer(J).
5 ¶No volverán a la tierra de Egipto,
Sino que Asiria será su rey,
Porque rehusaron volver a Mí(K).
6 La espada girará contra sus ciudades(L),
Destruirá sus cerrojos(M)
Y los consumirá por causa de sus intrigas(N).
7 Pues Mi pueblo se mantiene infiel contra Mí(O);
Aunque ellos[a] lo llaman para que se vuelva al Altísimo,
Ninguno lo exalta.
8 ¶¿Cómo podré abandonarte, Efraín(P)?
¿Cómo podré entregarte, Israel?
¿Cómo podré Yo hacerte como a Adma(Q)?
¿Cómo podré tratarte como a Zeboim(R)?
Mi corazón se conmueve dentro de Mí,
Se enciende toda Mi compasión.
9 No ejecutaré el furor de Mi ira(S);
No volveré a destruir(T) a Efraín.
Porque Yo soy Dios y no hombre(U), el Santo en medio de ti(V),
Y no vendré con furor.
10 En pos del Señor caminarán(W),
Él rugirá como un león(X);
Ciertamente Él rugirá,
Y Sus hijos vendrán temblando desde el occidente(Y).
11 De Egipto(Z) vendrán temblando como aves,
Y de la tierra de Asiria(AA) como palomas(AB),
Y Yo los estableceré en sus casas, declara el Señor(AC).
12 ¶[b]Efraín me rodea de mentiras(AD),
Y de engaño la casa de Israel;
Judá todavía anda lejos de Dios,
Y del Santo, que es fiel.
Hosea 11
New King James Version
God’s Continuing Love for Israel
11 “When Israel was a [a]child, I loved him,
And out of Egypt (A)I called My (B)son.
2 [b]As they called them,
So they (C)went [c]from them;
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.
3 “I(D) taught Ephraim to walk,
Taking them by [d]their arms;
But they did not know that (E)I healed them.
4 I drew them with [e]gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And (F)I was to them as those who take the yoke from their [f]neck.
(G)I stooped and fed them.
5 “He shall not return to the land of Egypt;
But the Assyrian shall be his king,
Because they refused to repent.
6 And the sword shall slash in his cities,
Devour his districts,
And consume them,
Because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on (H)backsliding from Me.
Though [g]they call [h]to the Most High,
None at all exalt Him.
8 “How(I) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (J)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [i]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
(K)For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [j]come with terror.
10 “They shall walk after the Lord.
(L)He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt,
(M)Like a dove from the land of Assyria.
(N)And I will let them dwell in their houses,”
Says the Lord.
God’s Charge Against Ephraim
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [k]Holy One who is faithful.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:1 Or youth
- Hosea 11:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX Just as I called them; Tg. interprets as I sent prophets to a thousand of them.
- Hosea 11:2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX from My face
- Hosea 11:3 Some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. My arms
- Hosea 11:4 Lit. cords of a man
- Hosea 11:4 Lit. jaws
- Hosea 11:7 The prophets
- Hosea 11:7 Or upward
- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
- Hosea 11:9 Or enter a city
- Hosea 11:12 Or holy ones
Hosea 11
English Standard Version
The Lord's Love for Israel
11 (A)When Israel was a child, (B)I loved him,
and out of Egypt I (C)called (D)my son.
2 (E)The more they were called,
the more they went away;
(F)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
3 Yet it was (G)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that (H)I healed them.
4 (I)I led them with cords of kindness,[a]
with the bands of love,
and (J)I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and (K)I bent down to them and fed them.
5 (L)They shall not[b] return to the land of Egypt,
but (M)Assyria shall be their king,
(N)because (O)they have refused to return to me.
6 (P)The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them (Q)because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent (R)on turning away from me,
and though (S)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.
8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(T)How can I make you (U)like Admah?
How can I treat you (V)like Zeboiim?
(W)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(X)for I am God and not a man,
(Y)the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[c]
10 (Z)They shall go after the Lord;
(AA)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling (AB)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (AC)from Egypt,
and (AD)like doves (AE)from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
12 [d] Ephraim (AF)has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man
- Hosea 11:5 Or surely
- Hosea 11:9 Or into the city
- Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew
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