Hosea 6:9
As gangs of robbers wait for someone, 1 so the priests band together to commit murder on the way to Shechem; 1 they have committed shameful crimes. 1
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8Gilead is a city of evildoers 1 with footprints of blood. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. He went out from there and built Peniel.
Job 1:15Then the Sabeans fell on them and took them away. As for the servants, they have struck them with the edge of the sword. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Jeremiah 7:9Do you steal, kill, and commit adultery? Do you swear deceitfully and offer incense to Baal and walk after other gods whom you have not known?
Ezekiel 22:9Slanderous men have come within you in order to pour out blood, and they eat on the mountains. They perform wickedness in your midst.
Hosea 5:1“Hear this, priests! 1 Pay attention, house of Israel! 1 Listen, house of the king! 1 For judgment is coming against you all. 1 You have been a snare at Mizpah 1 and a net spread over Tabor. 1
Hosea 7:1Whenever I want to heal Israel, 1 the sin of Ephraim is exposed, 1 as well as the evil deeds of Samaria, 1 for they practice deceit; 1 a thief comes in, 1 and a marauding band attacks 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 →