Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. Treasury of Scripture Gilead. Hosea 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes... Joshua 21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, polluted with blood. or, cunning for blood. Hosea 5:1 Hear you this, O priests; and listen, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you... 2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly... 2 Samuel 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded to him... 1 Kings 2:5 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel... Psalm 10:8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent... Psalm 59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. Isaiah 59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity... Jeremiah 11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying... Micah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood... Matthew 26:15,16 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver... Acts 23:12-15 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse... Acts 25:3 And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Context Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant
1Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up. 2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth. 4O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away. 5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth. 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. 8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. 10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 11Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.
Darby Bible Translation
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
King James Bible
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
Young's Literal Translation
Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
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