And thy strength [is that] of a robber: the priests have hid the way, they have murdered [the people of] Sicima; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel.
KJV
Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Parallel Translations
there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
Cross References
Zephaniah 3:3Hosea 7:1Proverbs 1:11–19Hosea 5:1Luke 22:2–6Mark 14:1Ezekiel 22:27Job 1:15–171 Kings 12:25John 11:47Micah 3:9Ezra 8:31Jeremiah 7:9–10Ezekiel 22:9Jeremiah 11:9
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