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But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
    They were unfaithful to me, there.
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
    it is stained with blood.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
    so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem,
    committing shameful crimes.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
    There is prostitution in Ephraim.
    Israel is defiled.

11 “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,
    when I restore the fortunes of my people.

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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