25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they (A)knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.

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25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her(A) and abused her(B) throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

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19 (A)who, being past feeling, (B)have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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19 Having lost all sensitivity,(A) they have given themselves over(B) to sensuality(C) so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.

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“O Israel, you have sinned from the days of (A)Gibeah;
There they stood.
The (B)battle in Gibeah against the children of [a]iniquity
Did not [b]overtake them.

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  1. Hosea 10:9 So with many Heb. mss., LXX, Vg.; MT unruliness
  2. Hosea 10:9 Or overcome

“Since the days of Gibeah,(A) you have sinned,(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?

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  1. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken

(A)They are deeply corrupted,
As in the days of (B)Gibeah.
He will remember their iniquity;
He will punish their sins.

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They have sunk deep into corruption,(A)
    as in the days of Gibeah.(B)
God will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.(D)

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“They(A) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, [a]inflamed with (B)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
[b]Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(C)None among them calls upon Me.

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  1. Hosea 7:5 Lit. with the heat of
  2. Hosea 7:6 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. Their anger; LXX Ephraim

They are all adulterers,(A)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
On the day of the festival of our king
    the princes become inflamed with wine,(B)
    and he joins hands with the mockers.(C)
Their hearts are like an oven;(D)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(E)
    and none of them calls(F) on me.

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“How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those (B)that are not gods.
(C)When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
(D)They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

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“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)
They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.(E)

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Cain Murders Abel(A)

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore [a]Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”

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  1. Genesis 4:1 Lit. Acquire

Cain and Abel

Adam[a] made love to his wife(A) Eve,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:1 Or The man
  2. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
  3. Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired