The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city(A) they built themselves high places in all their towns.

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And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

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Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves [a]high places in all their cities, (A)from watchtower to fortified city.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:9 Places for pagan worship

And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (A)from watchtower to fortified city.

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And the sons of Israel [a]did things secretly against the Lord their God which were not right. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from (A)watchtower to fortified city.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:9 Or ascribed words to

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea[a] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(A)
    and the fruit of righteousness(B) into bitterness(C)

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  1. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there

12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

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12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet (A)you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

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12 Do horses run on rocks?
    Does one plow there[a] with oxen?
(A)But you have turned justice into (B)poison
    (C)and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood[b]

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  1. Amos 6:12 Or the sea
  2. Amos 6:12 Or into bitter fruit

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one [a]plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (A)justice into poison,
And the fruit of righteousness into [b]wormwood,

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  1. Amos 6:12 Another reading is plow the sea with oxen
  2. Amos 6:12 I.e., bitterness