Amós 9

Quinta visión

1 Vi al Señor de pie junto al altar, y él dijo:«Golpea los capiteles de las columnaspara que se estremezcan los umbrales,y que caigan en pedazos sobre sus cabezas.A los que queden los mataré a espada.Ni uno solo escapará,ninguno saldrá con vida.

2 Aunque se escondan en lo profundo del sepulcro,de allí los sacará mi mano.Aunque suban hasta el cielo,de allí los derribaré.

3 Aunque se oculten en la cumbre del Carmelo,allí los buscaré y los atraparé.Aunque de mí se escondan en el fondo del mar,allí ordenaré a la serpiente que los muerda.

4 Aunque vayan al destierro arriados por sus enemigos,allí ordenaré que los mate la espada.Para mal, y no para bien,fijaré en ellos mis ojos».

5 El SEÑOR omnipotente, el Todopoderoso,toca la tierra, y ella se desmorona.Sube y baja la tierracomo las aguas del Nilo, el río de Egipto,y se enlutan todos los que en ella viven.

6 Dios construye su excelso palacio en el cieloy pone su cimiento^[a] en la tierra,llama a las aguas del mary las derrama sobre la superficie de la tierra:su nombre es el SEÑOR.

7 «Israelitas, ¿acaso ustedesno son para mí como cusitas?¿Acaso no saqué de Egipto a Israel,de Creta^[b] a los filisteosy de Quir a los sirios?—afirma el SEÑOR—.

8 Por eso los ojos del SEÑOR omnipotenteestán sobre este reino pecaminoso.Borraré de la faz de la tierra a los descendientes de Jacob,aunque no del todo—afirma el SEÑOR—.

9 Daré la orden de zarandear al pueblo de Israelentre todas las naciones,como se zarandea la arena en una criba,sin que caiga a tierra ni una sola piedra.

10 Morirán a filo de espadatodos los pecadores de mi pueblo,todos los que dicen:“No nos alcanzará la calamidad;¡jamás se nos acercará!”

Restauración de Israel

11 »En aquel día levantaréla choza caída de David.Repararé sus grietas,restauraré sus ruinasy la reconstruiré tal como era en días pasados,

12 para que ellos posean el remanente de Edomy todas las naciones que llevan mi nombre—afirma el SEÑOR, que hará estas cosas—.

13 »Vienen días —afirma el SEÑOR—,»en los cuales el que ara alcanzará al segadory el que pisa las uvas, al sembrador.Los montes destilarán vino dulce,el cual correrá por todas las colinas.

14 Restauraré a^[c] mi pueblo Israel;ellos reconstruirán las ciudades arruinadas y vivirán en ellas.Plantarán viñedos y beberán su vino;cultivarán huertos y comerán sus frutos.

15 Plantaré a Israel en su propia tierra,para que nunca más sea arrancadode la tierra que yo le di»,dice el SEÑOR tu Dios.

Amós 9 Commentary

Chapter 9

The ruin of Israel. (1-10) The restoration of the Jews and the gospel blessing. (11-15)

Verses 1-10 The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the idolatrous altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice, it will overtake them. Those whom God brings to heaven by his grace, shall never be cast down; but those who seek to climb thither by vain confidence in themselves, will be cast down and filled with shame. That which makes escape impossible and ruin sure, is, that God will set his eyes upon them for evil, not for good. Wretched must those be on whom the Lord looks for evil, and not for good. The Lord would scatter the Jews, and visit them with calamities, as the corn is shaken in a sieve; but he would save some from among them. The astonishing preservation of the Jews as a distinct people, seems here foretold. If professors make themselves like the world, God will level them with the world. The sinners who thus flatter themselves, shall find that their profession will not protect them.

Verses 11-15 Christ died to gather together the children of God that were scattered abroad, here said to be those who were called by his name. The Lord saith this, who doeth this, who can do it, who has determined to do it, the power of whose grace is engaged for doing it. Verses ( 13-15 ) may refer to the early times of Christianity, but will receive a more glorious fulfilment in the events which all the prophets more or less foretold, and may be understood of the happy state when the fulness both of the Jews and the Gentiles come into the church. Let us continue earnest in prayer for the fulfilment of these prophecies, in the peace, purity, and the beauty of the church. God marvellously preserves his elect amidst the most fearful confusions and miseries. When all seems desperate, he wonderfully revives his church, and blesses her with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. And great shall be the glory of that period, in which not one good thing promised shall remain unfulfilled.

Footnotes

• [a]. "excelso palacio " "… " "cimiento" . Palabras de difícil traducción.
• [b]. "Creta" . Lit. "Caftor" .
• [c]. "Restauraré a" . Alt. "Haré volver a los cautivos de" .

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 9

This chapter contains the fifth and last vision the prophet saw; which represents the certain desolation of the land, city, and temple, and the slaughter of all sorts of persons, high and low, none should escape it, Am 9:1; be they where they would, they should be found out, whether in hell or heaven, on the tops of the highest mountains, or in the bottom of the sea, or in a foreign land, since the eyes of the Lord were upon them for evil, Am 9:2-4; nor could they hope to escape, when they considered his greatness and his power, and what he could do, and had done; and how they had behaved towards him, even though they were the people he had brought out of Egypt, Am 9:5-7; but though the sinful kingdom should be destroyed, yet not utterly, a remnant should be saved, Am 9:8-10; and the chapter is concluded with gracious promises of raising up the tabernacle of David fallen down, and of the return of the people of Israel to their own land; and of their settlement and continuance in it, never more to depart from it, Am 9:11-15.