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(A) The altars at sinful Bethel
will be destroyed
    for causing Israel to sin;
they will be grown over
    with thorns and thistles.
Then everyone will beg
the mountains and hills
    to cover and protect them.

The Lord Promises To Punish Israel

(B) Israel, you have never
stopped sinning[a]
    since that time at Gibeah.[b]
That's why you
    will be attacked at Gibeah.[c]
10 Your sins have doubled,
    and you are rebellious.
Now I have decided
to send nations to attack
    and put you in chains.

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Footnotes

  1. 10.9 never stopped sinning: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 10.9 Gibeah: See the note at 9.9.
  3. 10.9 That's why … Gibeah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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