Hosea 6:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Hosea 6:8

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Berean Standard Bible

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

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KJV

King James Version

Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.

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WEB

World English Bible

Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Hosea 6

⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

⁷ But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

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.

¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

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