Hosea 6:9 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 6:9

Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

BSB

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ASV

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Hosea 6:9 (420)

"The participation of the priests on the road of those going to kill from Shechem: for they have committed a crime." LXX: "The priests have hidden" "the way of the Lord and killed Shechem: for they have committed iniquity."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And as troops of robbers wait for a man,.... As a gang of highwaymen or footpads lie in wait in a ditch, or under a hedge, or in a cave of a rock or mountain, for a man they know will come by that way, who is full of money, in order to rob him; or, as Saadiah interprets it, as fishermen stand upon the banks of a river, and cast in their hooks to draw out the fish; and to the same purpose is Jarchi's note from R.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent - Or (more probably) “in the way to Shechem.” Shechem too was a “city of refuge” Joh 20:7, and so also a city of Levites and priests Joh 21:21. It was an important city. For there Joshua assembled all Israel for his last address to them, and made a covenant with them John 24:1, 25. There, Rehoboam came to be accepted by Israel as their king 1Ki 12:1, and was rejected by them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּכְחַכֵּ֨י	u.khe.cha.Kei	and as wait for	H2442 →
אִ֜ישׁ	'ish	a person	H376 →
גְּדוּדִ֗ים	ge.du.Dim	marauding bands	H1416 →
חֶ֚בֶר	Che.ver	an association of	H2269 →
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים	ko.ha.Nim	priests	H3548 →
דֶּ֖רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] way	H1870 →
יְרַצְּחוּ־	ye.ra.tze.chu-	they murder	H7523 →
שֶׁ֑כְמָה	Shekh.mah	Shechem towards	H7927 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
זִמָּ֖ה	zi.Mah	wickedness	H2154 →
עָשֽׂוּ׃	'a.Su	they have done	H6213 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 5:1
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on…
leads to
- Hosea 9:8
  The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
- Habakkuk 1:15–17
  The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
- Micah 3:9
  Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
- Micah 7:2
  The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Through
Hosea 7:1
When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
leads to
- Hosea 7:13
  Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
- Micah 7:3–7
  Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Hosea 6:4
  What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
Through
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:8
  Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

About Hosea

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PlaceCentral hill countryShechemThe city between Ebal and Gerizim where Abram built his first altar in the land, where Joshua set the people to choose whom they w…

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