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But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
    They were unfaithful to me, there.
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
    it is stained with blood.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
    so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem,
    committing shameful crimes.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
    There is prostitution in Ephraim.
    Israel is defiled.

11 “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,
    when I restore the fortunes of my people.

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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