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Hosea 6:8 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Hosea 6:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 6 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. polluted: or, cunning for”
Hosea 6:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 6:8
The cryptic statement 'Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, polluted with blood' indicts a specific location for systemic evil. Gilead, east of the Jordan, was a Levitical city and city of refuge (Joshua 20:8), meant to protect the innocent. That it became 'tracked with blood' (aqqubah mi-dam) suggests the opposite: rather than sanctuary, it offered violence. The term 'workers of iniquity' (po'aley aven) describes deliberate, habitual evildoing—not accidental sin but institutional wickedness. This may reference priestly corruption (v. 9 mentions priests murdering), political intrigue, or p...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 6:8
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“surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed”
“What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you? They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.”
“that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.”
“neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity”
“even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel”
“Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs”
“he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.”
“Deliver me from the workers of iniquity”
“Amasa came to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on”