But (A)like [a]Adam they have (B)violated the covenant;
There they have (C)dealt treacherously with Me.
(D)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with (E)bloody footprints.
And as a (F)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests (G)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of (H)infamy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (I)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (J)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, Judah, there is a (K)harvest appointed for you,
When I (L)restore the fortunes of My people.

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