Hosea 5:2

The Priests Are A Snare

¹ Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor. ² They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all. ³ I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.

Shittim

Hosea 9:15

All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.

Isaiah 29:15

Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

Hosea 6:9

And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.

Psalm 64:3-6

Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

Psalm 140:1-5

O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

Isaiah 1:5

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

Jeremiah 6:28

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

Jeremiah 11:18-19

And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Jeremiah 25:3-7

From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even till this day, for twenty-three years, the word of the Lord has been coming to me, and I have given it to you, getting up early and talking to you; but you have not given ear.

Hosea 4:2

There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

Hosea 6:5

So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;

Amos 4:6-12

But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

Zephaniah 3:1-2

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

Luke 22:2-5

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

Acts 23:12-15

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

Revelation 3:19

To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.