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“But like Adam,[a] they broke the covenant;
    in this they have acted deceitfully against me.
Gilead is a lawless town;
    it is polluted by bloodshed.
Like a gang of thieves that stalk a man,
    priests commit murder along the road to Shechem,
        committing shameful crimes.
10 I have seen a horrible evil in the house of Israel—
    Ephraim’s promiscuity.
        Israel is defiled.

11 “So, Judah, a harvest has been appointed for you
    when I restore my people from captivity.”

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  1. Hosea 6:7 Or men

As at Adam,[a] they have broken the covenant;(A)
    they were unfaithful(B) to me there.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,(C)
    stained with footprints of blood.
As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(D)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder(E) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.(F)
10 I have seen a horrible(G) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.(H)

11 “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest(I) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(J) of my people,

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings