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Like Adam,[a] they have broken the covenant.
    They acted treacherously against me there.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,
    stained with bloody footprints.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
    so do bands of priests.
    They commit murder on the road to Shechem.
    They have committed shameful crimes.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
    Ephraim practices sexual immorality there.
    Israel defiles itself.
11 Judah, also for you, a harvest has been appointed,
    when I restore the fortunes of my people.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or at Adam. We are aware of no act of covenant breaking at the city of Adam.
  2. Hosea 6:11 Or though I would rather restore my people from captivity. Some translations join this line with verse 7:1.