He struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
2 Kings 17:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The children of Yisra'el did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Israelites did secretly against the Lord their God things not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from [lonely] watchtower to [populous] fortified city. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; Common English Bible The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that weren’t right. They built shrines in all their towns, from watchtowers to fortified cities. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Israel offended the Lord their God with things that were not right: and built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. |
He struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, *Who sees us?* and *Who knows us?*
For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink offerings.
Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Yisra'el do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, the LORD doesn't see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.
If Gil`ad is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amein.
Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,