10 And when one's relative, (A)the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, (B)“Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

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10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[a](A) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(B) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

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  1. Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead

(A)The songs of the temple[a] (B)shall become wailings[b] in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
(C)“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
(D)“Silence!”

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  1. Amos 8:3 Or palace
  2. Amos 8:3 Or The singing women of the palace shall wail

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a](A) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(B)

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  1. Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail

12 (A)all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh (B)and burned them there.

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12 all their valiant men(A) marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned(B) them.

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13 Therefore he who is prudent will (A)keep silent in such a time,
    (B)for it is an evil time.

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13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(A) in such times,
    for the times are evil.(B)

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21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (A)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and (B)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

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21 Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary(A)—the stronghold in which you take pride,(B) the delight of your eyes,(C) the object of your affection. The sons and daughters(D) you left behind will fall by the sword.(E)

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39 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: (A)Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; (B)but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.

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39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(A) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(B) with your gifts and idols.(C)

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26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, (A)all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: (B)Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, (C)that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, (D)saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’

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26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(A) ‘I swear(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(C) Lord lives.”(D)

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Both great and small shall die in this land. (A)They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or (B)cut himself (C)or make himself bald for them.

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“Both high and low will die in this land.(A) They will not be buried or mourned,(B) and no one will cut(C) themselves or shave(D) their head for the dead.

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16 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, (A)according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.

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16 Then Josiah(A) looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance(B) with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.

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33 And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! (A)Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

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33 While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him.

The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait(A) for the Lord any longer?”

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12 And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

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12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!(A)

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