<p class="poetry">Then he gives a revelation<n id="1" /> to people,p> <p class="poetry">and terrifies them with warnings,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext"><v id="(23:1)" /><n id="1" /> A man may not marry<n id="2" /> his father&#8217;s former<n id="3" /> wife and in this way dishonor his father.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now Samuel did not yet know the <sc>Lordsc>; the word of the <sc>Lordsc> had not yet been revealed to him.

As a matter of fact,<n id="1" /> Amos is saying this: &#8216;Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile<n id="2" /> away from its land.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing<n id="2" /> large or small without making me aware of it.<n id="3" /> Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won&#8217;t happen!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Do not seek Bethel!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not visit Gilgal!p> <p class="poetry">Do not journey down<n id="2" /> to Beer Sheba!p> <p class="poetry">For the people of Gilgal<n id="3" /> will certainly be carried into exile;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Therefore this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your sons and daughters will die violently.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Your land will be given to others<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will die in a foreign<n id="4" /> land.p> <p class="poetry">Israel will certainly be carried into exile<n id="5" /> away from its land.&#8217;&#8221;p>