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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15 Though you play the whore, O (A)Israel,
    let not (B)Judah become guilty.
(C)Enter not into (D)Gilgal,
    nor go up to (E)Beth-aven,
    and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”

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14 Those who swear by (A)the Guilt of Samaria,
    and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (B)the Way of (C)Beersheba lives,’
    they shall fall, and never rise again.”

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(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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33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and (A)called there on the name of the Lord, (B)the Everlasting God.

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17 For (A)in a single hour all this wealth (B)has been laid waste.”

And (C)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

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Wisdom from the Spirit

Yet among (A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (C)who are doomed to pass away.

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28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (A)things that are not, to (B)bring to nothing things that are,

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17 (A)Therefore thus says the Lord:

“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
    and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
    and your land (B)shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
    and (C)Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”

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11 (A)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
    they shall surely come to nothing:
(B)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
    (C)their altars also are like stone heaps
    (D)on the furrows of the field.

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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.

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The high places of (A)Aven, (B)the sin of Israel,
    shall be destroyed.
(C)Thorn and thistle shall grow up
    on their altars,
and (D)they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
    and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

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15 Every evil of theirs is in (A)Gilgal;
    there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
    all (B)their princes are (C)rebels.

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20 For the ruthless shall come to nothing
    and (A)the scoffer cease,
    and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

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10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (A)but it will not stand,
    for God (B)is with us.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

10 The Lord (A)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
    he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

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22 Those who hate you will be (A)clothed with shame,
    and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

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14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.”

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16 And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places.

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41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for (A)they shall go into captivity.

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30 And (A)I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and (B)cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you. 31 And I will (C)lay your cities waste and will (D)make your sanctuaries desolate, and (E)I will not smell your pleasing aromas. 32 And (F)I myself will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be (G)appalled at it.

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