Amós 5:1

1 Un llamado al arrepentimiento
¡Escucha, pueblo de Israel! Oye este canto fúnebre que entono:

Amós 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:1

Hear ye the word which I take up against you
And which was not his own word, but the word of the Lord; and which he took up, by his direction as a heavy burden as some prophecies are called, and this was; and which, though against them, a reproof for their sins, and denunciation of punishment for them, yet was to be heard; for every word of God is pure, and to be hearkened to, whether for us or against us; since the whole is profitable, either for doctrine and instruction in righteousness, or for reproof and correction. It may be rendered, "which I take up concerning you", or "over you" ^F26: [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel;
a mournful ditty, an elegiac song over the house of Israel, now expiring, and as it were dead. This word was like Ezekiel's roll, in which were written "lamentation, and mourning, and woe", ( Ezekiel 2:10 ) ; full of mournful matter, misery, and distress, as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (Mkyle) "de vobis", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius; "super vos", Pagninus, Montanus; "pro vobis", Vatablus.

Amós 5:1 In-Context

1 Un llamado al arrepentimiento
¡Escucha, pueblo de Israel! Oye este canto fúnebre que entono:

2 «¡La virgen Israel ha caído,
nunca volverá a levantarse!
Yace abandonada en el suelo
y no hay quien la levante».

3 El Señor
Soberano dice:
«Cuando una ciudad mande a mil hombres a la guerra,
solo volverán cien.
Cuando un pueblo envíe a cien,
solo diez regresarán vivos».

4 Ahora bien, esto es lo que el Señor
dice a la familia de Israel:
«¡Vuelvan a buscarme y vivan!

5 No adoren en los altares paganos en Betel;
no vayan a los altares en Gilgal ni en Beerseba.
Pues el pueblo de Gilgal será arrastrado al destierro
y el pueblo de Betel será reducido a nada».