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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

But (A)like [a]Adam they have (B)violated the covenant;
There they have (C)dealt treacherously with Me.
(D)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with (E)bloody footprints.
And as a (F)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests (G)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of (H)infamy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (I)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (J)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, Judah, there is a (K)harvest appointed for you,
When I (L)restore the fortunes of My people.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or men