Amos 3:14
New King James Version
14 “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of (A)Bethel;
And 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 that was at Bethel, and the [a]high place (A)which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.
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- 2 Kings 23:15 A place for pagan worship
Hosea 10:5-8
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.
6 The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
As a present for King (C)Jareb.
Ephraim shall receive shame,
And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off
Like a twig on the water.
8 Also the (D)high places of [c]Aven, (E)the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
(F)They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
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- Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
- Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests
- Hosea 10:8 Lit. Idolatry or Wickedness
Hosea 10:14-15
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14 Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
And all your fortresses shall be plundered
As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.
15 Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
Because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel
Shall be cut off utterly.
2 Chronicles 34:6-7
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6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali and all around, with [a]axes. 7 When he had broken down the altars and the wooden images, had (A)beaten the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:6 Lit. swords
Amos 5:5-6
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5 But do not seek (A)Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to (B)Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And (C)Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 (D)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
Micah 1:6-7
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6 “Therefore I will make Samaria (A)a heap of ruins in the field,
Places for planting a vineyard;
I will pour down her stones into the valley,
And I will (B)uncover her foundations.
7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
And all her (C)pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;
All her idols I will lay desolate,
For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,
And they shall return to the (D)pay of a harlot.”
Amos 9:1
New King James Version
The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:
“Strike the [a]doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And (A)break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
(B)He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.
Footnotes
- Amos 9:1 Capitals of the pillars
2 Chronicles 31:1
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The Reforms of Hezekiah(A)
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and (B)broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the [a]high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.
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- 2 Chronicles 31:1 Places for pagan worship
1 Kings 13:2-5
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2 Then he cried out against the altar [a]by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child, (A)Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be (B)burned on you.’ ” 3 And he gave (C)a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.”
4 So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Arrest him!” Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself. 5 The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
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- 1 Kings 13:2 at the Lord’s command
Exodus 32:34
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34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have (A)spoken to you. (B)Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, (C)in the day when I (D)visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin.”
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