KJV King James Version
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
WEB World English Bible
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
ASV American Standard Version
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder—the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
Surrounding context — Hosea 6
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
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וּכְחַכֵּ֨יH2442 · cha.khahto waitאִ֜ישׁH376 · ishmanגְּדוּדִ֗יםH1416 · ge.dudbandחֶ֚בֶרH2269 · cha.varfellowכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםH3548 · ko.henpriestדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductיְרַצְּחוּ־H7523 · ra.tsachto murderשֶׁ֑כְמָהH7927 · she.khemShechemכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforזִמָּ֖הH2154 · zim.mahwickednessעָשֽׂוּ׃H6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Luke 22:2-6And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.Hosea 7:1When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without.Zephaniah 3:3Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.Proverbs 1:11-19If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.Ezekiel 22:9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.Mark 14:1After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.Jeremiah 11:9And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Ezekiel 22:27Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.Job 1:15-17And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.John 11:47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.Jeremiah 7:9-10Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;Ezra 8:31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.Acts 4:24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
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