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It is tracked with bloody <i>footprints</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone in Gilead is evil; your hands are stained with the blood of victims. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Gilead is a city filled with troublemakers. It is stained with bloody footprints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Gilead is a city full of evil people and murderers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Gilead is a lawless town; it is polluted by bloodshed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of evildoers; it is stained with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, "" Slippery from blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Gilead a city working vanity, defrauding from blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Gilead is a city that manufactures idols; it has been tripped up by family relations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity, and wallows in blood. Your strength is as that of a robber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Gelad the city is she who works evil, she wallows in blood, and your strength is like that of a strongman robber<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, It is covered with footprints of blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/6-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=913" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/6.htm">Israel and Judah are Unrepentant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: gil·‘āḏ (N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites.">Gilead</a> <a href="/hebrew/7151.htm" title="7151: qir·yaṯ (N-fsc) -- A town, city. From qarah in the sense of flooring, i.e. Building; a city.">is a city</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: pō·‘ă·lê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">of evildoers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6121.htm" title="6121: ‘ă·qub·bāh (Adj-fs) -- From aqab; in the original sense, a knoll; in the denominative sense fraudulent or tracked.">tracked with footprints</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: mid·dām (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">of blood.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Judges 9:45</a></span><br />And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">Genesis 34:25-31</a></span><br />Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male. / They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. / Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Joshua 20:7</a></span><br />So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-21.htm">Joshua 21:21</a></span><br />they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">1 Kings 12:25</a></span><br />Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Jeremiah 18:11</a></span><br />Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a></span><br />Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-14.htm">Micah 1:14</a></span><br />Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Micah 6:16</a></span><br />You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-24</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5</a></span><br />So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16</a></span><br />Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.</p><p class="hdg">Gilead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11</a></b></br> <i>Is there</i> iniquity <i>in</i> Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars <i>are</i> as heaps in the furrows of the fields.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-38.htm">Joshua 21:38</a></b></br> And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, <i>to be</i> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,</p><p class="hdg">polluted with blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Hosea 5:1</a></b></br> Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment <i>is</i> toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm">2 Samuel 3:27</a></b></br> And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth <i>rib</i>, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">2 Samuel 20:8</a></b></br> When they <i>were</i> at the great stone which <i>is</i> in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle <i>with</i> a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-9.htm">Bloody</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">City</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/77-19.htm">Footprints</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-18.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Slippery</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Stained</a> <a href="/psalms/17-11.htm">Tracked</a> <a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/daniel/11-28.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-19.htm">Workers</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Wrongdoers</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/12-14.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Bloody</a> <a href="/hosea/11-9.htm">City</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/hosea/10-9.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/77-19.htm">Footprints</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/psalms/35-6.htm">Slippery</a> <a href="/jude/1-23.htm">Stained</a> <a href="/psalms/17-11.htm">Tracked</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Work</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Workers</a> <a href="/luke/1-17.htm">Wrongdoers</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Exhortations to repent and hope in God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threats against them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Gilead is a city of evildoers</b><br>Gilead, a region east of the Jordan River, was known for its balm, a healing ointment, yet here it is described as a place of wickedness. This contrast highlights the moral decay present in a place associated with healing. Historically, Gilead was part of the territory given to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. The reference to "evildoers" suggests rampant sin and corruption, possibly linked to idolatry and injustice, which were common issues addressed by the prophets. This phrase underscores the theme of Israel's unfaithfulness to God, a central message in Hosea.<p><b>tracked with footprints of blood</b><br>The imagery of "footprints of blood" suggests violence and murder, indicating that the city is marked by acts of brutality. This could be a literal reference to bloodshed or a metaphor for pervasive injustice and sin. The phrase evokes the idea of guilt and accountability, as footprints can be traced back to the perpetrator. In a broader biblical context, bloodshed is often associated with judgment and the need for repentance. This imagery aligns with the prophetic call for Israel to return to God and abandon their sinful ways. The mention of blood also foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose blood would be shed for the redemption of humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/gilead.htm">Gilead</a></b><br>A region east of the Jordan River, known for its balm and fertile land. In this context, it is depicted as a place of corruption and violence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/evildoers.htm">Evildoers</a></b><br>The inhabitants of Gilead, who are characterized by their sinful actions and moral decay.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/footprints_of_blood.htm">Footprints of Blood</a></b><br>A metaphor indicating the pervasive violence and guilt present in Gilead.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Gilead's reputation as a city of evildoers serves as a warning about the destructive nature of sin and its impact on communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as Gilead was called out for its sins, we are reminded of the importance of turning away from wrongdoing and seeking God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_pervasiveness_of_violence.htm">The Pervasiveness of Violence</a></b><br>The imagery of "footprints of blood" challenges us to consider how violence and injustice can become ingrained in society and our responsibility to address it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_and_spiritual_significance.htm">Historical and Spiritual Significance</a></b><br>Understanding Gilead's historical context helps us appreciate the depth of its spiritual decline and the broader account of redemption in Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While God condemns the sin in Gilead, His ultimate desire is for restoration and healing, pointing to His justice tempered with mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_lose_the_holy_spirit.htm">What is the significance of Gilead in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_gilead's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is the significance of Gilead in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_lies_east_of_the_jordan_river.htm">What lies east of the Jordan River?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/hosea_8_7__hyperbole_or_real_devastation.htm">Hosea 8:7: Is the prophecy about reaping the whirlwind hyperbole, or did Israel actually face proportional devastation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Polluted</span> . . .--More accurately, <span class= "ital">betrodden</span> (or foot-tracked) <span class= "ital">with blood.</span> We infer from <a href="/judges/10-17.htm" title="Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.">Judges 10:17</a> that there was a town called Gilead east of the Jordan distinct altogether from Mizpah (identified by many with the city of refuge Ramoth-Gilead), and this is confirmed by notices in Eusebius and Cyril. Murder in a "city of refuge" adds to the horror. On the murderous propensities of the Gileadites see <a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm" title="But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.">2Kings 15:25</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 8, 9.</span> - In these two verses the prophet adduces proof of that faithlessness with which he had just charged Israel. <span class="cmt_word">Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.</span> The latter clause is more literally rendered, <span class="accented">foot-printed</span> or <span class="accented">foot-tracked from blood</span>. Two things require consideration here - the place and its pollution. Gilead is sometimes a mountain range, and sometimes the mountainous region east of the Jordan; it has Bashan on the north, the Arabian plateau on the east, and Moab on the south. It stretches from the south end of the Sea of Galilee to the north end of the Dead Sea - some sixty miles in length by twenty in breadth. The part of Gilead between the Hieromax and the Jabbok is now called <span class="accented">Jebel Ajlun</span>; while the section south of the Jabbok forms the province of <span class="accented">Belka</span>. In the New Testament it is spoken of under the name of Pertea, or beyond Jordan. Sometimes the whole trans-Jordanic territory belonging to Israel is called Gilead. In the passage before us it is the name of a city, though some take it to mean the whole land of Gilead. The men of Gilead and the Gileadites in general seem to have been fierce, wild mountaineers; and yet they are represented as still worse in this Scripture. They are nut only barbarous and wicked, but murderous and infamous for homicidal atrocities. As evidence in some sort of the justness of this dark picture, the murder of Pekahiah by Pekah with "fifty men of the Gileadites." as recorded in <a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm">2 Kings 15:25</a>, may be specified. The word <span class="hebrew">עְקַוּבָּה</span> is taken <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> by some as the feminine of the adjective <span class="hebrew">עָקוב</span>, crafty, cunning, wily; thus Rashi explains it: "Gilead is full of people who lie in wait for murder;" and Kimchi likewise has, "Gilead is a city of evil-doers, who are crafty to murder men." But <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> it is rather the Qal Pual participle feminine from <span class="hebrew">עָקַב</span>, to seize the heel of any one, hold, tread in the footsteps, follow, go after; which is the right meaning, viz. "tracked," as given above. We retain the Authorized Version of the first clause of ver. 9, slightly modified, viz. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> <span class="cmt_word">As troops of robbers wait for a man, so is the company of priests</span>; <span class="hebrew">חַכֵּי</span> equivalent to <span class="hebrew">חַכֵּה</span>, wait, being an anomalous form of the infinitive Piel for <span class="hebrew">חַכּוה</span>; thus Kimchi says, "The <span class="accented">yod</span> stands in the place of <span class="accented">he</span>, and the form is the infinitive." Both Aben Ezra and Kimchi translate the first clause as above; the former beg, "The sense is, As robber-troops wait for a man who is to pass along the way, that they may plunder him, so is (or so does) the company of the priests;" the latter explains, "As troops of robbers wait for a man passing along the way to plunder him, so is the company of priests, he means to say, as the priests of the high places who combine to plunder those who pass along the way. There is . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/6-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Gilead</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּלְעָ֕ד</span> <span class="translit">(gil·‘āḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1568.htm">Strong's 1568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is a city</span><br /><span class="heb">קִרְיַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(qir·yaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7151.htm">Strong's 7151: </a> </span><span class="str2">A town, city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of evildoers,</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּ֣עֲלֵי</span> <span class="translit">(pō·‘ă·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, to practise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tracked with footprints</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲקֻבָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·qub·bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6121.htm">Strong's 6121: </a> </span><span class="str2">Insidious, deceitful, tracked by footprints</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of blood.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of those who (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 6:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/6-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 6:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>