Hosea 6:7-11

Revised Standard Version

⁷ But at^[a] Adam they transgressed the covenant;
    there they dealt faithlessly with me.
⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers,
    tracked with blood.
⁹ As robbers lie in wait^[b] for a man,
    so the priests are banded together;^[c]
they murder on the way to Shechem,
    yea, they commit villainy.
¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
    E′phraim’s harlotry is there, Israel is defiled.

¹¹ For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.

When I would restore the fortunes of my people,