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“Sound the alarm in Gibeah!
    Blow the trumpet in Ramah!
Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven[a]!
    Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!
One thing is certain, Israel[b]:
    On your day of punishment,
    you will become a heap of rubble.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:8 Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”
  2. 5:9 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 5:11, 12, 13, 14.

(A)Blow the horn in (B)Gibeah,
And the trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
(C)Behind you, Benjamin!”
Ephraim will become a (D)desolation in the (E)day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I (F)make known what is trustworthy.

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