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Hosea 6:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 6:9

Verse 9 of 11

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

As troops of robbers. A portrayal of the fearfully wicked state of the priests of the high places (see on ch. 4:13).

By consent. Most scholars agree that the Hebrew of this phrase should be rendered, “toward Shechem.”

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