Hosea 6:8
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. A call to return: 'Come, let us return to the Lord; he has torn and will heal us.' God desires steadfast love and not sacrifice, knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. Ephraim's …
Other Translations
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
Gilead <FI>is<Fi> a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood.
Cross References
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And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with …
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill …
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, …
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they …
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps …
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; …