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But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;
There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

Gilead is a city of wrongdoers;
It is tracked with bloody footprints.

And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man,
So a band of priests murder on the road toward [a]Shechem [covering their crimes in that city of refuge];
Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages.
10 
I have seen a horrible thing [sins of every kind] in the house of Israel!
Ephraim’s prostitution (idolatry) is there; Israel has defiled itself.
11 
Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you,
When I restore the fortunes of My people [who have been slaves to the misery of sin].

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:9 Shechem was the first capital city of the Kingdom of Israel.

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