Amos 3:14
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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.
2 Kings 23:15
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15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected (A)by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (B)who made Israel to sin, (C)that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned,[a] reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah.
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- 2 Kings 23:15 Septuagint broke in pieces its stones
Hosea 10:5-8
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for (A)the calf[a] of (B)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and (C)over its glory—
for it has departed[b] from them.
6 (D)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to (E)the great king.[c]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed (F)of his idol.[d]
7 (G)Samaria's king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8 The high places of (H)Aven, (I)the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
(J)Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and (K)they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
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- Hosea 10:5 Or calves
- Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
- Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
- Hosea 10:6 Or counsel
Hosea 10:14-15
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14 therefore (A)the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as (B)Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
(C)mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
15 Thus it shall be done to you, O (D)Bethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn (E)the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.
2 Chronicles 34:6-7
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6 And in the (A)cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins[a] all around, 7 he broke down the altars and beat the (B)Asherim and the images (C)into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Amos 5:5-6
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5 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.”
6 (F)Seek the Lord and live,
(G)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (H)Bethel,
Micah 1:6-7
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6 Therefore I will make (A)Samaria (B)a heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones (C)into the valley
and (D)uncover her foundations.
7 All (E)her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
(F)all her wages shall be burned with fire,
and all her idols I will lay waste,
for from (G)the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
Amos 9:1
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The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
(A)“Strike the capitals until (B)the thresholds (C)shake,
(D)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
(E)not one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.
2 Chronicles 31:1
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Hezekiah Organizes the Priests
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and (A)broke in pieces the (B)pillars and cut down (C)the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
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1 Kings 13:2-5
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2 (A)And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, (B)Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’” 3 And he gave (C)a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.’” 4 And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. 5 The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
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Exodus 32:34
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34 (A)But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; (B)behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.”
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