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But like Adam, they transgressed the covenant;
    there they dealt faithlessly with me.
Gilead is a city of evil,
    a cunning city because of blood.[a]
Like bandits lying in wait,
    so is a band of priests;
they murder on the road to Shechem;
    indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.

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  1. Hosea 6:8 The Hebrew is difficult; NRSV translates “tracked with blood”

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)

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Footnotes

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