As at Adam,[a] they have broken the covenant;(A)
    they were unfaithful(B) to me there.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,(C)
    stained with footprints of blood.
As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(D)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder(E) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.(F)
10 I have seen a horrible(G) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.(H)

11 “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest(I) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(J) of my people,

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings

“But like [a]men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.
(A)Gilead is a city of evildoers
And [b]defiled with blood.
As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of (B)priests (C)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit (D)lewdness.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the [c]harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
When I return the captives of My people.

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or Adam
  2. Hosea 6:8 Lit. foot-tracked
  3. Hosea 6:10 Spiritual adultery