Hosea 6:9
And thy strength is that of a robber: the priests have hidden the way, they have murdered the people of Shechem; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
8there the city Gilead despised me, working vanity, troubling water.
10I have seen horrible things there, even the fornication of Ephraim: Israel and Judah are defiled;
Cross References
1 Kings 12:25And Jeroboam built Shechem in Mount Ephraim and dwelt in it, and went forth thence and built Penuel.
Job 1:15And the spoilers came and took them for a prey, 1 And slew the servants with the sword; 1 And I having escaped alone am come to tell thee. 1
Jeremiah 7:9and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,
Ezekiel 22:9There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee.
Hosea 5:1Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Tabor,
Hosea 7:1When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;
Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:5-11
Promises and Expostulations; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 758.) 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 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… Read the whole commentary →