14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(B)
    but they turn away from me.(C)

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  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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14 (A)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.

“They [a]assemble together for grain and new (B)wine,
[b]They rebel against Me;

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  1. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
  2. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me

“People cry out(A) under a load of oppression;(B)
    they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(C)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(D)
    who gives songs(E) in the night,(F)

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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

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“Because(A) of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, (B)‘Where is God my Maker,
(C)Who gives songs in the night,

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When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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(A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

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10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return(A) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,(B)” declares the Lord.(C)

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10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

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10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me (A)with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

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“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted(A) and mourned in the fifth and seventh(B) months for the past seventy years,(C) was it really for me that you fasted?

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Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

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“Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you (A)fasted and mourned in the fifth (B)and seventh months (C)during those seventy years, did you really fast (D)for Me—for Me?

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They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.(A)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine(B) taken as fines.(C)

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And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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They lie down (A)by every altar on clothes (B)taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of [a]the condemned in the house of their god.

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  1. Amos 2:8 Or those punished by fines

34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(B)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(C)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(D)
    lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(E) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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34 (A)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
35 Then they remembered that (B)God was their rock,
And the Most High God (C)their Redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they (D)flattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue;
37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

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19 Their destiny(A) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(B) and their glory is in their shame.(C) Their mind is set on earthly things.(D)

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19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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19 (A)whose end is destruction, (B)whose god is their belly, and (C)whose glory is in their shame—(D)who set their mind on earthly things.

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11 If a liar and deceiver(A) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(B)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(C)

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11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

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11 If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will [a]prophesy to you [b]of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the (A)prattler of this people.

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  1. Micah 2:11 Or preach, lit. drip
  2. Micah 2:11 concerning