Hosea 6:9 · KJV
“And as troops of robbers wait for a man, {so} the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. {by...: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem} {lewdness: or, enormity}”
— Hosea 6:9
Gilead {is} a city of them that work iniquity, {and is} polluted with blood. {polluted: or, cunning for}
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there {is} the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Hosea 6 — Context
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. {men: or, Adam}
8Gilead {is} a city of them that work iniquity, {and is} polluted with blood. {polluted: or, cunning for}
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, {so} the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. {by...: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem} {lewdness: or, enormity}
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there {is} the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Cross References
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her {are} roaring lions; her judges {are} evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Hosea 7:1
When 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. {wickedness: Heb. evils} {spoileth: Heb. strippeth}
Hosea 5:1
Hear 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.
Luke 22:2-6
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Mark 14:1
After 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.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst thereof {are} like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, {and} to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Micah 3:9
Hear 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.