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Hosea 6:8-10
The Voice
Hosea 6:8-10
The Voice
8 The city of Gilead is full of evil, murderous people.
Their footprints are bloody.
This may be a reference to Jephthah’s return from the slaughter of the Ephraimites (Judges 11).
9 As the priests travel together down the road,
they’re like a band of robbers setting an ambush.
They are like their ancestor Levi who committed murder at Shechem,[a]
deceiving the people by their treachery.
10 I’ve seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
Ephraim engages in prostitution there by worshiping at other shrines.
Israel pollutes itself through violence and idol worship.
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Hosea 6:8-10
New International Version
Hosea 6:8-10
New International Version
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,(A)
stained with footprints of blood.
9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(B)
so do bands of priests;
they murder(C) on the road to Shechem,
carrying out their wicked schemes.(D)
10 I have seen a horrible(E) thing in Israel:
There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
Israel is defiled.(F)
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