Hosea 6:9

6:9 The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,

lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.

They commit murder on the road to Shechem;

they have done heinous crimes!

Hosea 9:15

9:15 Because of all their evil in Gilgal,

I hate them there.

On account of their evil deeds,

I will drive them out of my land. ¹ 

I will no longer love them;

all their rulers are rebels.

Jeremiah 6:28

6:28 I reported, ² 

“All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! ³ 

They are as hard as bronze or iron.

They go about telling lies.

They all deal corruptly.

¹ tn Heb “out of my house” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV, NCV, NLT “my land.”

² tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity. Some takes these words to be the continuation of the Lord’s commission of Jeremiah to the task of testing them. However, since this is the evaluation, the task appears to be complete. The words are better to be taken as Jeremiah’s report after he has completed the task.

³ tn Or “arch rebels,” or “hardened rebels.” Literally “rebels of rebels.”