1 D ecid a vuestros hermanos, Ammi, y vuestras hermanas, Ruhama:

Say to your brothers, “ Ammi,” and to your sisters, “ Ruhamah.”

2 P leitead con vuestra madre, pleitead; porque ella no es mi mujer, ni yo su marido; quite, pues, sus fornicaciones de su rostro, y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;

“Contend with your mother, contend, For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; And let her put away her harlotry from her face And her adultery from between her breasts,

3 p ara que yo no la despoje desnuda, y la haga tornar como el día en que nació, y la ponga como un desierto, y la deje como tierra seca, y la mate de sed.

Or I will strip her naked And expose her as on the day when she was born. I will also make her like a wilderness, Make her like desert land And slay her with thirst.

4 N i tendré misericordia de sus hijos, porque son hijos de fornicaciones.

“Also, I will have no compassion on her children, Because they are children of harlotry.

5 P orque su madre fornicó; la que los engendró fue avergonzada; porque dijo: Iré tras mis amantes, que me dan mi pan y mi agua, mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida.

“For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, ‘ I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

6 P or tanto, he aquí yo cerco tu camino con espinas, y la cercaré con seto, y no hallará sus caminos.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

7 Y seguirá a sus amantes, y no los alcanzará; los buscará, y no los hallará. Entonces dirá: Iré, y me volveré a mi primer marido; porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora.

“She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘ I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!’

8 Y ella no reconoció que yo le daba el trigo, el vino, y el aceite, y que les multipliqué la plata y el oro con que hicieron a Baal.

“For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal.

9 P or tanto yo tornaré, y tomaré mi trigo a su tiempo, y mi vino a su sazón, y quitaré mi lana y mi lino que había dado para cubrir su desnudez.

“Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax Given to cover her nakedness.

10 Y ahora descubriré yo su locura delante de los ojos de sus amantes, y nadie la librará de mi mano.

“And then I will uncover her lewdness In the sight of her lovers, And no one will rescue her out of My hand.

11 Y haré cesar todo su gozo, su fiesta, su nueva luna y su sábado, y todas sus festividades.

“I will also put an end to all her gaiety, Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies.

12 Y haré talar su vid y su higuera, de la que ha dicho: Mi salario me son, que me han dado mis amantes. Y las reduciré a un matorral, y las comerán las bestias del campo.

“I will destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, ‘These are my wages Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field will devour them.

13 Y visitaré sobre ella los tiempos de los baales, a los cuales incensaba, y se adornaba de sus zarcillos y de sus joyeles, y se iba tras sus amantes olvidada de mí, dice el SEÑOR.

“I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord. Restoration of Israel

14 P or tanto he aquí, yo la induciré, y la llevaré al desierto, y hablaré a su corazón.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her.

15 Y le daré sus viñas desde allí, y el valle de Acor por puerta de esperanza; y allí cantará como en los tiempos de su juventud, y como en el día de su subida de la tierra de Egipto.

“Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

16 Y será que en aquel tiempo, dice el SEÑOR, me llamarás marido mío, y nunca más me llamarás Baali.

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord, “That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.

17 P orque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los baales, y nunca más serán mentados por su nombre.

“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

18 Y haré por ellos concierto en aquel tiempo con las bestias del campo, y con las aves del cielo, y con las serpientes de la tierra; y quebraré arco, y espada, y batalla de la tierra, y los haré dormir seguros.

“In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety.

19 Y te desposaré conmigo para siempre; te desposaré conmigo en justicia, juicio, misericordia, y miseraciones.

“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,

20 Y te desposaré conmigo en fe, y conocerás al SEÑOR.

And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.

21 Y será que en aquel tiempo responderé, dice el SEÑOR, yo responderé a los cielos, y ellos responderán a la tierra;

“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares the Lord. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

22 y la tierra responderá al trigo, al vino, y al aceite, y ellos responderán a Jezreel.

And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel.

23 Y la sembraré para mí en la tierra, y tendré misericordia de Lo-ruhama; y diré a Lo-ammi: pueblo mío tú; y él dirá: Dios mío.

“I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘ You are my God!’”