Hosea 6:7-11

The Voice

⁷    They broke their covenant with Me, treated it as just a common human affair;
        they were unfaithful to Me there.
⁸    The city of Gilead is full of evil, murderous people.
        Their footprints are bloody.

This may be a reference to Jephthah’s return from the slaughter of the Ephraimites (Judges 11).

⁹    As the priests travel together down the road,
        they’re like a band of robbers setting an ambush.
    They are like their ancestor Levi who committed murder at Shechem,^[a]
        deceiving the people by their treachery.
¹⁰    I’ve seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
        Ephraim engages in prostitution there by worshiping at other shrines.
    Israel pollutes itself through violence and idol worship.
¹¹    But a harvest is set for you, too, Judah
        when I restore my people’s fortunes and return them from captivity.