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[b] return My people from captivity,(K)

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,
  2. Hosea 6:11 Or you. Judah, when I

But like Adam, they transgressed the covenant;
    there they dealt faithlessly with me.
Gilead is a city of evil,
    a cunning city because of blood.[a]
Like bandits lying in wait,
    so is a band of priests;
they murder on the road to Shechem;
    indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen something horrible;
    Ephraim’s unfaithfulness is there.
        Israel is defiled.

Ephraim’s Guilt

11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed,
    when I restore the fortunes of my people,

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 6:8 The Hebrew is difficult; NRSV translates “tracked with blood”