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.
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Hosea 6:9
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
Parallel Translations
there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water.
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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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