Hosea 6:9

And as gedudim (marauders) lie in wait for a man, 1 so the chever (band) [of] kohanim 1 murder in the way to Shechem; 1 for they commit shameful crimes. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The 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.

In Context

8Gil'ad is a city of evil-doers, 1 is trodden with dahm. 1

10I have seen a horrible thing in Bais Yisroel: 1 there is the zenut (whoredom) of Ephrayim; 1 Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled). 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 12:25Then Yarov'am built Shechem in har Ephrayim, and dwelt therein; and went out from there, and built Penuel.

Job 1:15And the Sabeans attacked, and took them away; yea, they have slain the na'arim with the edge of the cherev; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Jeremiah 7:9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear l'sheker (falsely), and burn ketoret unto Ba'al, and walk after elohim acherim whom ye know not;

Ezekiel 22:9In thee are anashim that slander to cause shefach dahm; and in thee are they who eat upon the harim; in the midst of thee they commit zimmah (lewdness).

Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O kohanim; 1 and pay heed, ye Bais Yisroel; 1 and give ye ear, O Bais HaMelech; 1 for hamishpat (the judgment) is against you, 1 because ye have been a pach (snare, bird trap) at Mitzpah, 1 and a reshet (net) spread upon Tavor. 1

Hosea 7:1when I would have healed Yisroel, 1 then the avon (iniquity) of Ephrayim was exposed, 1 and the ra'ot (crimes) of Shomron; 1 for they practice sheker; 1 and the ganav intrudes, 1 and the bandit robs bachutz (in the street). 1

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 →

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