Hosea 6:9
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And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out of Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

Jeremiah 7:9
To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.

Jeremiah 7:10
And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.

Jeremiah 11:9
And the Lord said to me: A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee, they have committed wickedness in the midst of thee.

Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 23:27
And I will put an end to thy wickedness in thee, and thy fornication brought out of the land of Egypt: neither shalt thou lift up thy eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.

Hosea 2:10
And now I will lay open her folly in the eyes of her lovers: and no man shall deliver her out of my hand:

Hosea 4:2
Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery, have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.

Hosea 5:2
And you have turned aside victims into the depth and I am the teacher of them all.

Hosea 7:1
When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.

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And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out of Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

as troops.

Hosea 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.

Ezra 8:31 Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

Job 1:15-17 And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee. . . .

Proverbs 1:11-19 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. . . .

so.

Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over and a net spread upon Thabor.

Jeremiah 11:9 And the Lord said to me: A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness.

Micah 3:9 But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.

Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Mark 14:1 Now the feast of the pasch and of the Azymes was after two days: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile lay hold on him and kill him.

Luke 22:2-6 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people. . . .

John 11:47 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles?

Acts 4:24 Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them.

by consent.

1 Kings 12:25 And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence, he built Phanuel.

lewdness.

Context
Israel and Judah are Unrepentant
8Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood. 9And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out of Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.…
Lexicon
Like raiders
גְּדוּדִ֗ים (gə·ḏū·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1416: A band, troop

who lie in ambush,
וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (ū·ḵə·ḥak·kê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2442: To adhere to, to await

[so does] a band
חֶ֚בֶר (ḥe·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2267: Company, association, spell

of priests;
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים (kō·hă·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

they murder
יְרַצְּחוּ־ (yə·raṣ·ṣə·ḥū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder

on the way
דֶּ֖רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to Shechem;
שֶׁ֑כְמָה (šeḵ·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor

surely
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they have committed
עָשֽׂוּ׃ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

atrocities.
זִמָּ֖ה (zim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2154: A plan, device, wickedness


Additional Translations
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

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.

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.

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

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.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
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