Hosea 6:8
Gilead, is a city of workers of iniquity,—tracked with blood.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
In Context
7But, they, like Adam, have transgressed a covenant,—There, have they dealt treacherously with me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly,—and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.
1 Kings 2:5Moreover also, thou, knowest what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with two generals of the armies of Israel—with Abner son of Ner, and with Amasa son of Jether—both of whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace,—and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was on his loins, and upon his sandals, that were on his feet.
Psalms 59:2Rescue me, from the workers of iniquity, And, from the men of bloodshed, save me.
Jeremiah 11:19But, I, was as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter,—and I knew not that against me, they had devised devices [saying] —Let us destroy the tree with its fruit Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And, his name, shall be remembered no more!
Hosea 5:1Hear ye this—O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence,—for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
Hosea 12:12When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.
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 →