23 He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

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Elisha Is Jeered

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered(A) at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!”

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16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

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16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed(A) at his prophets until the wrath(B) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.(C)

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30 “But now they (A)laugh at me,
    men who are (B)younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to set with the dogs of my flock.

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30 “But now they mock me,(A)
    men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to put with my sheep dogs.(B)

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18 Even young (A)children despise me;
    when I rise they talk against me.

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18 Even the little boys(A) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(B)

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18 Let the lying lips be mute,
    which (A)speak (B)insolently against the righteous
    in pride and contempt.

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18 Let their lying lips(A) be silenced,
    for with pride and contempt
    they speak arrogantly(B) against the righteous.

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36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even (A)chains and imprisonment.

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36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(A) and even chains and imprisonment.(B)

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29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh (A)persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (B)so also it is now.

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29 At that time the son born according to the flesh(A) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.(B) It is the same now.

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40 and saying, (A)“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! (B)If you are (C)the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 (D)“He saved others; (E)he cannot save himself. (F)He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 (G)He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

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40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,(A) save yourself!(B) Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”(C) 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel!(D) Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe(E) in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(F) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

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29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they (A)mocked him, saying, “Hail, (B)King of the Jews!” 30 And (C)they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and (D)led him away to crucify him.

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29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.(A) 30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.(B) 31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.(C)

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13 but (A)never again prophesy at Bethel, for (B)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

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13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,(A) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple(B) of the kingdom.(C)

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    but do not seek (A)Bethel,
and do not enter into (B)Gilgal
    or cross over to (C)Beersheba;
for (D)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
    and (E)Bethel shall come to nothing.”

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    do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(A)
    do not journey to Beersheba.(B)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.

(A)“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
    to (B)Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
(C)bring your (D)sacrifices every morning,
    your tithes every three days;

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“Go to Bethel(A) and sin;
    go to Gilgal(B) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(C)
    your tithes(D) every three years.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:4 Or days

14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
    (A)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and (B)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
    and fall to the ground.

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14 “On the day I punish(A) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;(B)
the horns(C) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.

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