Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
Hosea 6:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the road toward Shechem; yes, they commit villainy and outrages. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are in league with each other; they murder on the road to Shechem; they have done evil things. Catholic Public Domain Version And, like those who rob with skillful words, they, by conspiring with the priests, bring a death sentence to travelers on a pilgrimage from Shechem; for they have been performing evil deeds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness. |
Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.
We set out from the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God, , and he kept us from the grasp of the enemy and from ambush along the way.
The Lord said to me, ‘A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.
‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit depraved acts within you.
So I will put an end to your depravity and sexual immorality, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not look longingly at them or remember Egypt any more.
Now I will expose her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from my power.
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.
Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter; I will be a punishment for all of them.
when I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim and the crimes of Samaria will be exposed. For they practise fraud; a thief breaks in; a raiding party pillages outside.
Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,
Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.
It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and were saying, ‘What are we going to do since this man is doing many signs?
When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, ‘Master, you are the one who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.