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Hosea 9:7-8
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Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The days of punishment(A) are coming,
the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
the inspired person a maniac.(E)
8 The prophet, along with my God,
is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(F) await him on all his paths,
and hostility in the house of his God.(G)
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God
Hosea 9:7-8
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Hosea 9:7-8
New King James Version
7 The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
8 The (D)watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a [a]fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
Zephaniah 3:4
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Zephaniah 3:4
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Zephaniah 3:4
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Zephaniah 3:4
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4 Her (A)prophets are insolent, treacherous people;
Her priests have [a]polluted the sanctuary,
They have done (B)violence to the law.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:4 Or profaned
Malachi 2:7-8
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Malachi 2:7-8
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7 “For the lips of a priest(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(C) 8 But you have turned from the way(D) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(E) you have violated the covenant(F) with Levi,”(G) says the Lord Almighty.
Malachi 2:7-8
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Malachi 2:7-8
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7 “For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (C)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(D)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
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