Hosea 6:9

The company of priests — The priests by companies lay wait, and rob, and murder.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.” Sh...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 6:4 to Hosea 7:2 . Israel's Moral Condition Hopelessly Corrupt. The shallow expressions of loyalty by the fickle people mean nothing, and...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

troops . gangs. by consent . towards Sichem, as in Genesis 37:14 . Sichem (like "Gilead", Hosea 6:8 ) was. city of priests ( Joshua 21:21 )....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet pursues more at large what he had briefly touched; for he does, not now confine himself to the common people, but directs his accus...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 troops of robbers - W...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So the company of priests murder, &c.— So the company of priests meet together, and murder the traveller at Shechem; that they may execute the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 r...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Shallowness of Israel's Repentance Hosea now represents the people as counselling one another to repentance in presence of the impending dange...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In the way by consent] RV 'in the way toward Shechem.' At Shechem also, as we know from Joshua 24:1 , there was an ancient sanctuary. In the time...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Should be rendered, As a robber lies in wait, so the company of priests murder on the road to Shechem; yea, they execute the plot. Shechem, charged...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1-19 ; Hosea 5:1-15 ; Hosea 6:1-11 ; Hosea 7:1-16 ; Hosea 8:1-14 ; Hosea 9:1-17 ; Hosea 10:1-15 ; Hosea...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Let Us Return unto the Lord” Hosea 6:1-11 How full Scripture is of tender invitations: Come, and let us return! This opening verse is closel...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the prophet's appeal in consequence of the judgment threatened. It was first a message calling the people to return to Jehovah. It was b...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We find here the same melancholy account, as in the other parts of this prophecy; the Lord complaining of his people's apostacy; Gilead and the house...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. Ver. 9. And as troops...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 6:8-9 . Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity , &c. Archbishop Newcome translates these two verses very literally thus: Gilead is...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises and Expostulations; The Crimes of the People. B. C. 758....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What is here charged upon these priests, they turned highway-men and murderers, some understand of their killing and spoiling those that were going u...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, So the company of priests murder in the way towards Shechem, Yes, they have committed mischief (or ‘a hein...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 6:8 . Gilead] A city of refuge, the residence of priests, and the centre or metropolis of the hilly region beyond Jordan...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 6:2 . After two days will he revive us. The Chaldaic paraphrase gives a double acceptation to this text, that the Messiah should raise the d...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 6:1-28 These three verses have, by the division into chapters, been violently and improperly torn from the preceding chapt...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Earnest Invitation and a Further Admonition. Having stated his threat in a most uncompromising form, the prophet adds a powerful appeal to the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, lying in ambush in order to fall upon the unsuspecting traveler unawares, so the company of priests murder...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:25 ; Acts 4:24 ; Ezekiel 22:27 ; Ezra 8:31 ; Hosea 5:1 ; Hosea 7:1 ; Jeremiah 11:9 ; Job 1:15-17 ; John 11:47 ; Luke 22:2-6 ; M...

⁹ And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 6:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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