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Hosea 6:9 KJV
Hosea · chapter 6 · verse 9 · King James Version
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.Hosea 6:9 · King James Version
Hosea 6:9 in context
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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.
Key words (Strong's)
- companychebera societyH2267 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- consentshᵉkemthe neck as the place of burdensH7926 →
- consentShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- troopsgᵉdûwda crowdH1416 →
- murderrâtsachproperly, to dash in piecesH7523 →
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