Amós 4:2

2 El Señor
Soberano ha jurado por su propia santidad:
«Llegará el día cuando ustedes serán llevadas
con garfios enganchados en sus narices.
¡Hasta la última de ustedes será arrastrada lejos
como un pez al anzuelo!

Amós 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 4:2

The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness
That is, by himself, holiness being his nature, and an essential attribute of his; this is done to ascertain the truth of what is after said, and that men may be assured of the certain performance of it. Some render it, "by his holy place"; and interpret it of heaven; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi; which is not likely; see ( Matthew 5:34 ) ( James 5:12 ) . The Targum is,

``the Lord God hath sworn by his word in his holiness;''

that, lo, the days shall come upon you;
speedily, swiftly, and at an unawares: that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish
hooks;
the enemy, the king of Assyria, or God by him, would take them out of their own land, as fish out of water, out of their own element, and carry them captive into a strange land, both them and their posterity; and which should be as easily done as fish are taken with the hook, even though they were as the kine of Bashan. The word for fish hooks signifies "thorns" ^F16, and is by some so rendered; these perhaps being used in angling, before iron hooks were invented. The Targum is,

``that people shall take you away on their shields, and your daughters in fishermen's ^F17 boats;''

see ( Jeremiah 16:16 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (twryob) "spinis", Mercerus, Liveleus, Drusius, Grotius.
F17 So it is interpreted by R. Sol Urbin Ohel Moed, fol. 65. 2. likewise Elias says the word signifies a small ship, or a boat that is in a large ship, Tishbi, p. 59. So Vatablus interprets it, "scaphas piscatorias, [sive] cymbas"; and some in Munster.

Amós 4:2 In-Context

1 Israel no aprende
Escúchenme, ustedes, vacas gordas
que viven en Samaria,
ustedes, mujeres, que oprimen al pobre
y aplastan al necesitado
y que les gritan siempre a sus esposos:
«¡Tráigannos otra bebida!».

2 El Señor
Soberano ha jurado por su propia santidad:
«Llegará el día cuando ustedes serán llevadas
con garfios enganchados en sus narices.
¡Hasta la última de ustedes será arrastrada lejos
como un pez al anzuelo!

3 Las sacarán por las ruinas de la muralla;
serán expulsadas de sus fortalezas»,
dice el Señor
.

4 «Adelante, ofrezcan sacrificios a los ídolos en Betel;
continúen desobedeciendo en Gilgal.
Ofrezcan sacrificios cada mañana
y lleven sus diezmos cada tercer día.

5 Presenten su pan hecho con levadura
como una ofrenda de gratitud.
¡Luego entreguen sus ofrendas voluntarias
para poder jactarse de ello en todas partes!
Este es el tipo de cosas que a ustedes, israelitas, les encanta hacer»,
dice el Señor
Soberano.