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From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;
    there they have remained.[a]
Will not war in Gibeah overtake them
    against the children of evil?
10     In my desire[b] I will punish them;
nations will be gathered against them
    when they are punished for their double iniquities.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:9 Literally “they stood”
  2. Hosea 10:10 The LXX translates “I will come”
  3. Hosea 10:10 So Qere; Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) “their two eyes”

The Lord says, “O Israel, ever since Gibeah,
    there has been only sin and more sin!
You have made no progress whatsoever.
    Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?
10 Now whenever it fits my plan,
    I will attack you, too.
I will call out the armies of the nations
    to punish you for your multiplied sins.

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