Passage

Priests on the road

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁹As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

Hosea 6:9World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The accusation compares a company of priests to robbers who ambush and kill travelers on the road.

To understand

Nearby accusations describe Gilead as stained with blood and Israel as defiled. Religious office appears within the list of crimes, alongside violence and prostitution.

A question

What does the comparison with robbers accuse the priests of doing?