King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611

Hosea 6:9 KJV

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

Hosea Chapter 6, Verse 9

Hosea 6:9 in Context (Verses 6–11 KJV)

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.^*

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.^*

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

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.