The Lord spoke to Moses: ‘Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly.
Hosea 9:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. The Lord will [earnestly] remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins. [Judg. 20.] American Standard Version (1901) They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. Common English Bible They have corrupted themselves terribly as in the days of Gibeah; he will remember their wickedness; he will punish their sins. Catholic Public Domain Version They have sinned profoundly, just as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have sinned deeply, as in the days of Gabaa: he will remember their iniquity, and will visit their sin. |
The Lord spoke to Moses: ‘Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly.
The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the permanent covenant.
This is what the Lord says concerning these people: Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet. So the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
‘Now you, son of man, prophesy, and say, “This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt.” You are to proclaim, “A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning.
Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; they have taken their stand there. Will not war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?
The same judgement will happen to both people and priests. I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: Look behind you, Benjamin!
But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Now their actions are all around them; they are right in front of my face.
Though they offer sacrificial gifts , and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
Ephraim’s watchman is with my God. Yet the prophet encounters a bird trap on all his pathways. Hostility is in the house of his God!
I said: ‘You will certainly fear me’ and accept correction. Then her dwelling place would not be cut off based on all that I had allocated to her. However, they became more corrupt in all their actions.
But his master replied to him, ‘We will not stop at a foreign city where there are no Israelites. Let’s move on to Gibeah.’
In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was residing in Gibeah where the people were Benjaminites.
While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden, wicked men of the city surrounded the house and beat on the door. They said to the old man who was the owner of the house, ‘Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him! ’
They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah towards the east.