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1. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
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1. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 again unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Human, a woman had two daughters.
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , there were H1961 two H8147 women H802 , the daughters H1323 of one H259 mother H517 :
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3. While they were young, they went to Egypt and became prostitutes. They let men touch and hold their breasts.
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3. And they committed whoredoms H2181 in Egypt H4714 ; they committed whoredoms H2181 in their youth H5271 : there H8033 were their breasts H7699 pressed H4600 , and there H8033 they bruised H6213 the teats H1717 of their virginity H1331 .
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4. The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became my wives and had sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
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4. And the names H8034 of them were Aholah H170 the elder H1419 , and Aholibah H172 her sister H269 : and they were H1961 mine , and they bore H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 . Thus were their names H8034 ; Samaria H8111 is Aholah H170 , and Jerusalem H3389 Aholibah H172 .
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5. "While still my wife, Samaria had sexual relations with other men. She had great sexual desire for her lovers, men from Assyria. The Assyrians were warriors and
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5. And Aholah H170 played the harlot H2181 when she was H8478 mine ; and she doted H5689 on H5921 her lovers H157 , on H413 the Assyrians H804 her neighbors H7138 ,
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6. wore blue uniforms. They were all handsome young captains and lieutenants riding on horseback.
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6. Which were clothed H3847 with blue H8504 , captains H6346 and rulers H5461 , all H3605 of them desirable H2531 young men H970 , horsemen H6571 riding upon H7392 horses H5483 .
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7. Samaria became a prostitute for all the important men in Assyria and made herself unclean with all the idols of everyone she desired.
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7. Thus she committed H5414 her whoredoms H8457 with H5921 them , with all H3605 them that were the chosen H4005 men H1121 of Assyria H804 , and with all H3605 on whom H834 she doted H5689 : with all H3605 their idols H1544 she defiled herself H2930 .
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8. She continued the prostitution she began in Egypt. When she was young, she had slept with men, and they touched her breasts and had sexual relations with her.
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8. Neither H3808 left H5800 she her whoredoms H8457 brought from Egypt H4480 H4714 : for H3588 in her youth H5271 they lay H7901 with H854 her , and they H1992 bruised H6213 the breasts H1717 of her virginity H1331 , and poured H8210 their whoredom H8457 upon H5921 her.
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9. "So I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians, that she wanted so badly.
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9. Wherefore H3651 I have delivered H5414 her into the hand H3027 of her lovers H157 , into the hand H3027 of the Assyrians H1121 H804 , upon H5921 whom H834 she doted H5689 .
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10. They stripped her naked and took away her sons and daughters. Then they killed her with a sword. Women everywhere began talking about how she had been punished.
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10. These H1992 discovered H1540 her nakedness H6172 : they took H3947 her sons H1121 and her daughters H1323 , and slew H2026 her with the sword H2719 : and she became H1961 famous H8034 among women H802 ; for they had executed H6213 judgment H8196 upon her.
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11. "Her sister Jerusalem saw what happened, but she became worse than her sister in her sexual desire and prostitution.
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11. And when her sister H269 Aholibah H172 saw H7200 this , she was more corrupt H7843 in her inordinate love H5691 than H4480 she , and in her whoredoms H8457 more than her sister H269 in her whoredoms H4480 H2183 .
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12. She also desired the Assyrians, who were all soldiers in beautiful uniforms -- handsome young captains and lieutenants riding horses.
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12. She doted H5689 upon H413 the Assyrians H1121 H804 her neighbors H7138 , captains H6346 and rulers H5461 clothed H3847 most gorgeously H4358 , horsemen H6571 riding upon H7392 horses H5483 , all H3605 of them desirable H2531 young men H970 .
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13. I saw that both girls were alike; both were prostitutes.
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13. Then I saw H7200 that H3588 she was defiled H2930 , that they took both H8147 one H259 way H1870 ,
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14. "But Jerusalem went even further. She saw carvings of Babylonian men on a wall. They wore red
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14. And that she increased H3254 H413 her whoredoms H8457 : for when she saw H7200 men H376 portrayed H2707 upon H5921 the wall H7023 , the images H6754 of the Chaldeans H3778 portrayed H2710 with vermilion H8350 ,
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15. and had belts around their waists and turbans on their heads. They all looked like chariot officers born in Babylonia.
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15. Girded H2289 with girdles H232 upon their loins H4975 , exceeding H5628 in dyed attire H2871 upon their heads H7218 , all H3605 of them princes H7991 to look to H4758 , after the manner H1823 of the Babylonians H1121 H894 of Chaldea H3778 , the land H776 of their nativity H4138 :
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16. When she saw them, she wanted to have sexual relations with them and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
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16. And as soon as she saw H4758 them with her eyes H5869 , she doted H5689 upon H5921 them , and sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto H413 them into Chaldea H3778 .
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17. So these Babylonian men came and had sexual relations with her and made her unclean. After that, she became sick of them.
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17. And the Babylonians H1121 H894 came H935 to H413 her into the bed H4904 of love H1730 , and they defiled H2930 her with their whoredom H8457 , and she was polluted H2930 with them , and her mind H5315 was alienated H3363 from H4480 them.
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18. But she continued her prostitution so openly that everyone knew about it. And I finally became sick of her, as I had her sister.
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18. So she discovered H1540 her whoredoms H8457 , and discovered H1540 H853 her nakedness H6172 : then my mind H5315 was alienated H3363 from H4480 H5921 her , like as H834 my mind H5315 was alienated H5361 from H4480 H5921 her sister H269 .
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19. But she remembered how she was a young prostitute in Egypt, so she took part in even more prostitution.
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19. Yet she multiplied H7235 H853 her whoredoms H8457 , in calling to remembrance H2142 H853 the days H3117 of her youth H5271 , wherein H834 she had played the harlot H2181 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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20. She wanted men who behaved like animals in their sexual desire.
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20. For she doted H5689 upon H5921 their paramours H6370 , whose H834 flesh H1320 is as the flesh H1320 of asses H2543 , and whose issue H2231 is like the issue H2231 of horses H5483 .
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21. In the same way you desired to do the sinful things you had done in Egypt. There men touched and held your young breasts.
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21. Thus thou calledst to remembrance H6485 H853 the lewdness H2154 of thy youth H5271 , in bruising H6213 thy teats H1717 by the Egyptians H4480 H4714 for H4616 the paps H7699 of thy youth H5271 .
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22. "So, Jerusalem, this is what the Lord God says: You are tired of your lovers. So now I will make them angry with you and have them attack you from all sides.
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22. Therefore H3651 , O Aholibah H172 , thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will raise up H5782 H853 thy lovers H157 against H5921 thee , from whom H4480 H853 H834 thy mind H5315 is alienated H5361 , and I will bring H935 them against H5921 thee on every side H4480 H5439 ;
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23. Men from Babylon and all Babylonia and men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa will attack you. All the Assyrians will attack you: handsome young captains and lieutenants, all of them important men and all riding horses.
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23. The Babylonians H1121 H894 , and all H3605 the Chaldeans H3778 , Pekod H6489 , and Shoa H7772 , and Koa H6970 , and all H3605 the Assyrians H1121 H804 with H854 them: all H3605 of them desirable H2531 young men H970 , captains H6346 and rulers H5461 , great lords H7991 and renowned H7121 , all H3605 of them riding upon H7392 horses H5483 .
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24. Those men will attack with great armies and with their weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will surround you with large and small shields and with helmets. And I will give them the right to punish you, and they will give you their own kind of punishment.
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24. And they shall come H935 against H5921 thee with chariots H2021 , wagons H7393 , and wheels H1534 , and with an assembly H6951 of people H5971 , which shall set H7760 against H5921 thee buckler H6793 and shield H4043 and helmet H6959 round about H5439 : and I will set H5414 judgment H4941 before H6440 them , and they shall judge H8199 thee according to their judgments H4941 .
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25. Then you will see how strong my anger can be when they punish you in their anger. They will cut off your noses and ears. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those who are left will be burned.
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25. And I will set H5414 my jealousy H7068 against thee , and they shall deal H6213 furiously H2534 with H854 thee : they shall take away H5493 thy nose H639 and thine ears H241 ; and thy remnant H319 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 : they H1992 shall take H3947 thy sons H1121 and thy daughters H1323 ; and thy residue H319 shall be devoured H398 by the fire H784 .
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26. They will take off your clothes and steal your jewelry.
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26. They shall also strip H6584 thee out of H854 thy clothes H899 , and take away H3947 thy fair H8597 jewels H3627 .
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27. I will put a stop to the sinful life you began when you were in Egypt so that you will not desire it or remember Egypt anymore.
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27. Thus will I make thy lewdness H2154 to cease H7673 from H4480 thee , and thy whoredom H2184 brought from the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 : so that thou shalt not H3808 lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 unto H413 them, nor H3808 remember H2142 Egypt H4714 any more H5750 .
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28. "This is what the Lord God says: You became tired of your lovers, but I am going to hand you over to those men you now hate.
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28. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will deliver H5414 thee into the hand H3027 of them whom H834 thou hatest H8130 , into the hand H3027 of them from whom H834 thy mind H5315 is alienated H5361 H4480 :
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29. They will treat you with hate and take away everything you worked for, leaving you empty and naked. Everyone will know about the sinful things you did. Your sexual sins
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29. And they shall deal H6213 with H854 thee hatefully H8135 , and shall take away H3947 all H3605 thy labor H3018 , and shall leave H5800 thee naked H5903 and bare H6181 : and the nakedness H6172 of thy whoredoms H2183 shall be discovered H1540 , both thy lewdness H2154 and thy whoredoms H8457 .
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30. have brought this on you. You have had sexual relations with the nations and made yourselves unclean by worshiping their idols.
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30. I will do H6213 these H428 things unto thee , because thou hast gone a whoring H2181 after H310 the heathen H1471 , and because H5921 H834 thou art polluted H2930 with their idols H1544 .
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31. You did the same things your sister did, so you will get the same punishment, like a bitter cup to drink.
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31. Thou hast walked H1980 in the way H1870 of thy sister H269 ; therefore will I give H5414 her cup H3563 into thine hand H3027 .
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32. "This is what the Lord God says: You will drink the same cup your sister did, and that cup is deep and wide. Everyone will make fun of you, because the cup is full.
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32. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Thou shalt drink H8354 of thy sister H269 's cup H3563 deep H6013 and large H7342 : thou shalt be H1961 laughed to scorn H6712 and had in derision H3933 ; it containeth H3557 much H4767 .
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33. It will make you miserable and drunk. It is the cup of fear and ruin. It is the cup of your sister Samaria.
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33. Thou shalt be filled H4390 with drunkenness H7943 and sorrow H3015 , with the cup H3563 of astonishment H8047 and desolation H8077 , with the cup H3563 of thy sister H269 Samaria H8111 .
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34. You will drink everything in it, and then you will smash it and tear at your breasts. I have spoken, says the Lord God.
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34. Thou shalt even drink H8354 it and suck it out H4680 , and thou shalt break H1633 the shards H2789 thereof , and pluck off H5423 thine own breasts H7699 : for H3588 I H589 have spoken H1696 it , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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35. "So this is what the Lord God says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sexual sins."
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35. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Because H3282 thou hast forgotten H7911 me , and cast H7993 me behind H310 thy back H1458 , therefore bear H5375 thou H859 also H1571 thy lewdness H2154 and thy whoredoms H8457 .
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36. The Lord said to me: "Human, will you judge Samaria and Jerusalem, showing them their hateful acts?
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36. The LORD H3068 said H559 moreover unto H413 me; Son H1121 of man H120 , wilt thou judge H8199 H853 Aholah H170 and Aholibah H172 ? yea, declare H5046 unto them H853 their abominations H8441 ;
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37. They are guilty of adultery and murder. They have taken part in adultery with their idols. They even offered our children as sacrifices in the fire to be food for these idols.
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37. That H3588 they have committed adultery H5003 , and blood H1818 is in their hands H3027 , and with H854 their idols H1544 have they committed adultery H5003 , and have also H1571 caused H853 their sons H1121 , whom H834 they bore H3205 unto me , to pass for them through H5674 the fire , to devour H402 them .
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38. They have also done this to me: They made my Temple unclean at the same time they dishonored my Sabbaths.
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38. Moreover H5750 this H2063 they have done H6213 unto me : they have defiled H2930 H853 my sanctuary H4720 in the same H1931 day H3117 , and have profaned H2490 my sabbaths H7676 .
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39. They sacrificed their children to their idols. Then they entered my Temple at that very time to dishonor it. That is what they did inside my Temple!
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39. For when they had slain H7819 H853 their children H1121 to their idols H1544 , then they came H935 the same H1931 day H3117 into H413 my sanctuary H4720 to profane H2490 it; and, lo H2009 , thus H3541 have they done H6213 in the midst H8432 of mine house H1004 .
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40. "They even sent for men from far away, who came after a messenger was sent to them. The two sisters bathed themselves for them, painted their eyes, and put on jewelry.
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40. And furthermore H637 , that H3588 ye have sent H7971 for men H376 to come H935 from far H4480 H4801 , unto H413 whom H834 a messenger H4397 was sent H7971 ; and, lo H2009 , they came H935 : for whom H834 thou didst wash H7364 thyself, paintedst H3583 thy eyes H5869 , and deckedst H5710 thyself with ornaments H5716 ,
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41. They sat on a fine bed with a table set before it, on which they put my incense and my oil.
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41. And satest H3427 upon H5921 a stately H3520 bed H4296 , and a table H7979 prepared H6186 before H6440 it, whereupon H5921 thou hast set H7760 mine incense H7004 and mine oil H8081 .
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42. "There was the noise of a reckless crowd in the city. Common people gathered, and drunkards were brought from the desert. They put bracelets on the wrists of the two sisters and beautiful crowns on their heads.
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42. And a voice H6963 of a multitude H1995 being at ease H7961 was with her : and with H413 the men H376 of the common sort H4480 H7230 H120 were brought H935 Sabeans H5436 from the wilderness H4480 H4057 , which put H5414 bracelets H6781 upon H5921 their hands H3027 , and beautiful H8597 crowns H5850 upon H413 their heads H7218 .
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43. Then I said about the one who was worn out by her acts of adultery, 'Let them continue their sexual sins with her. She is nothing but a prostitute.'
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43. Then said H559 I unto her that was old H1087 in adulteries H5004 , Will they now H6258 commit H2181 whoredoms H8457 with her , and she H1931 with them ?
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44. They kept going to her as they would go to a prostitute. So they continued to go to Samaria and Jerusalem, these shameful women.
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44. Yet they went in H935 unto H413 her , as they go in H935 unto H413 a woman H802 that playeth the harlot H2181 : so H3651 went they in H935 unto H413 Aholah H170 and unto H413 Aholibah H172 , the lewd H2154 women H802 .
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45. But men who do right will punish them as they punish women who take part in adultery and who murder people, because they are guilty of adultery and murder.
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45. And the righteous H6662 men H376 , they H1992 shall judge H8199 them after the manner H4941 of adulteresses H5003 , and after the manner of women H4941 that shed H8210 blood H1818 ; because H3588 they H2007 are adulteresses H5003 , and blood H1818 is in their hands H3027 .
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46. "This is what the Lord God says: Bring together a mob against Samaria and Jerusalem, and hand them over to be frightened and robbed.
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46. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; I will bring up H5927 a company H6951 upon H5921 them , and will give H5414 them to be removed H2189 and spoiled H957 .
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47. Let the mob kill them by throwing stones at them, and let them cut them down with their swords. Let them kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses down.
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47. And the company H6951 shall stone H7275 H5921 them with stones H68 , and dispatch H1254 them with their swords H2719 ; they shall slay H2026 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 , and burn up H8313 their houses H1004 with fire H784 .
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48. "So I will put an end to sexual sins in the land. Then all women will be warned, and they will not do the sexual sins you have done.
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48. Thus will I cause lewdness H2154 to cease H7673 out of H4480 the land H776 , that all H3605 women H802 may be taught H3256 not H3808 to do H6213 after your lewdness H2154 .
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49. You will be punished for your sexual sins and the sin of worshiping idols. Then you will know that I am the Lord God."
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49. And they shall recompense H5414 your lewdness H2154 upon H5921 you , and ye shall bear H5375 the sins H2399 of your idols H1544 : and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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