You have never heard; you have never known;
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.(A)

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You have neither heard nor understood;(A)
    from of old your ears(B) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(C) you are;
    you were called a rebel(D) from birth.

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But they, like Adam,[a] have violated the covenant;(A)
there they have betrayed Me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,

As at Adam,[a] they have broken the covenant;(A)
    they were unfaithful(B) to me there.

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Footnotes

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