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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.

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  1. Hosea 6:7 Cn: Heb like
  2. Hosea 6:9 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. Hosea 6:9 Syr: Heb are a company

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