But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
They were unfaithful to me there.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 6:7 in context
Hosea 6:4–10
4
“Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
5
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
I killed them with the words of my mouth.
Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
6
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7
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But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
They were unfaithful to me there.
8
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
it is stained with blood.
9
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem,
committing shameful crimes.
10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
There is prostitution in Ephraim.
Israel is defiled.
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