- I will:
- "I sawª°¹ the Lordª standingª° upon¹ the altar:ª and he said,ª° Smiteª° the lintel¹ of the door,² that the postsª may shake:ª° and cutª° them in the head,ª all¹ of them; and I will slayª° the lastª of them with the sword:ª he that fleethª° of them shall not¹ flee away,ª° and he that escapethª of them shall not¹ be delivered.ª°" {Ams 9:1} + "And he criedª° against¹ the altarª in the wordª of the LORD,ª and said,ª° O altar,ª altar,ª thus¹ saithª° the LORD;ª Behold,¹ a childª shall be bornª° unto the houseª of David,ª Josiahª by name;ª and upon¹ thee shall he offerª°¹ the priestsª of the high placesª that burn incenseª° upon¹ thee, and men'sª bonesª shall be burntª° upon¹ thee. ... The altarª also was rent,ª° and the ashesª poured outª° from¹ the altar,ª according to the signª which¹ the manª of Godª had givenª° by the wordª of the LORD.ª" {1Kg 13:2-5} + "Moreover¹¹ the altarª that¹ [was] at Bethel,ª [and] the high placeª which¹ Jeroboamª the sonª of Nebat,ª who¹ made¹ Israelª to sin,ª° had made,ª° both¹¹ that¹ altarª and the high placeª he brake down,ª° and burnedª°¹ the high place,ª [and] stamped²° [it] small¹ to powder,ª and burnedª° the grove.ª" {2Kg 23:15} + "Now when all¹ this¹ was finished,ª° all¹ Israelª that were presentª° went outª° to the citiesª of Judah,ª and brake²° the images² in pieces,ª°¹ and cut downª° the groves,ª and threw downª°¹ the high placesª and the altarsª out of all¹¹ Judahª and Benjamin,ª in Ephraimª also and Manasseh,ª until¹ they had utterly destroyedª° them all. Then all¹ the childrenª of Israelª returned,ª° every manª to his possession,ª into their own cities.ª" {2Ch 31:1} + "And [so did he] in the citiesª of Manasseh,ª and Ephraim,ª and Simeon,ª even unto¹ Naphtali,ª with their mattocksª round about.ª ... And when he had broken downª°¹ the altarsª and the groves,ª and had beatenª° the graven imagesª into powder,ª° and cut downª° all¹ the idolsª throughout all¹ the landª of Israel,ª he returnedª° to Jerusalem.ª" {2Ch 34:6-7} + "The inhabitantsª of Samariaª shall fearª° because of the calvesª of Bethaven:ª for¹ the peopleª thereof shall mournª° over¹ it, and the priestsª thereof [that] rejoicedª° on¹ it, for¹ the gloryª thereof, because¹ it is departedª° from¹ it. ... The high placesª also of Aven,ª the sinª of Israel,ª shall be destroyed:ª° the thornª and the thistleª shall come upª° on¹ their altars;ª and they shall sayª° to the mountains,ª Coverª° us; and to the hills,ª Fallª° on¹ us." {Hsa 10:5-8} + "Therefore shall a tumultª ariseª° among thy people,ª and all¹ thy fortressesª shall be spoiled,ª° as Shalmanª spoiledª Betharbelª in the dayª of battle:ª the motherª was dashed in piecesª° upon¹ [her] children.ª ... Soª shall Bethelª doª° unto you becauseª¹ of your great² wickedness:ª in a morningª shall the kingª of Israelª utterly²° be cut off.ª°" {Hsa 10:14-15} + "Therefore I will makeª° Samariaª as an heapª of the field,ª [and] as plantingsª of a vineyard:ª and I will pour downª° the stonesª thereof into the valley,ª and I will discoverª° the foundationsª thereof. ... And all¹ the graven imagesª thereof shall be beaten to pieces,ª° and all¹ the hiresª thereof shall be burnedª° with the fire,ª and all¹ the idolsª thereof will I layª° desolate:ª for¹ she gatheredª° [it] of the hireª¹ of an harlot,ª° and they shall returnª° to¹ the hireª of an harlot.ª°" {Mic 1:6-7}
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