But they, like Adam,[a] have violated the covenant;(A)
there they have betrayed me.(B)

Gilead is a city of evildoers,(C)
tracked with bloody footprints.(D)
Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,(E)
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.(F)
They commit atrocities.(G)
10 I have seen something horrible(H) in the house of Israel:
Ephraim’s promiscuity is there;(I) Israel is defiled.

11 A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.(J)
When I restore the fortunes of my people,(K)

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  1. 6:7 Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,

But at[a] Adam they transgressed the covenant;
    there they dealt faithlessly with me.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,
    tracked with blood.
As robbers lie in wait[b] for someone,
    so the priests are banded together;[c]
they murder on the road to Shechem;
    they commit a monstrous crime.(A)
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
    Ephraim’s prostitution is there; Israel is defiled.(B)

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

When I would restore the fortunes of my people,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.7 Cn: Heb like
  2. 6.9 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 6.9 Syr: Heb are a company