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<blockquote>(Dalton) ===Translation of [[Tanakh: Hosea_6:9|Hosea 6:9]]===and as your troops ambush a man, you charmer-priests murder, they murder like the custom of Shechem because their ways are evil. ===Comments===Sorcery, wickedness and unprovoked violence are heartbreaking and loathed by The Most High and are a cause for alarm. Shechem would be purged and the lands returned to whom the belong. As the Maccabees purged this area in the establishment of the Hasmonean Dynasty, so will it happen again. Hopefully soon and for last time. The judgment that the Messiah will dispense will be violent in the minds of many because they don't believe, but to those whom call Messiah their Prince, these will be the saving battles that will mark the beginning of the Messiah’s eternal throne.<br /><br />Note: Charmer means snake-charmer.</blockquote>
