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12 But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel, but we will continue on to Gibeah.”(A)

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12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

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Turn back to him whom you[a] have deeply betrayed, O people of Israel.(A)

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  1. 31.6 Heb they

Return,(A) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted(B) against.

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Blow the horn in Gibeah,
    the trumpet in Ramah.
Sound the alarm at Beth-aven;
    look behind you, Benjamin!(A)

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“Sound the trumpet(A) in Gibeah,(B)
    the horn in Ramah.(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[a];(D)
    lead on, Benjamin.

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  1. Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

But they do not consider
    that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds surround them;
    they are before my face.(A)

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but they do not realize
    that I remember(A) all their evil deeds.(B)
Their sins engulf them;(C)
    they are always before me.

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13 Though they offer choice sacrifices,[a]
    though they eat flesh,
    the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins;
    they shall return to Egypt.(A)

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  1. 8.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.(B)
Now he will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:(D)
    They will return to Egypt.(E)

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Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;
    there they have continued.
    Shall not war overtake them in Gibeah?(A)

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“Since the days of Gibeah,(A) you have sinned,(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken