Hosea 6:7-11
Christian Standard Bible
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,(C)
tracked with bloody footprints.(D)
9 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.
Footnotes
- 6:7 Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,
Hosea 6:7-11
New Living Translation
7 But like Adam,[a] you broke my covenant
and betrayed my trust.
8 “Gilead is a city of sinners,
tracked with footprints of blood.
9 Priests form bands of robbers,
waiting in ambush for their victims.
They murder travelers along the road to Shechem
and practice every kind of sin.
10 Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel:
My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
11 “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you,
though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.
Footnotes
- 6:7 Or But at Adam.
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