(A)Gilead is a city of evildoers
And [a]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 [b]harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:8 Lit. foot-tracked
  2. Hosea 6:10 Spiritual adultery

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

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