en_tn_lite_do_not_use/hos/10/15.md

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So it will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great wickedness

Here "Bethel" represents the people who live there. The prophet addresses the people of Bethel as if they were there listening to him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe)