And as the thieves wait for a man, so the company of Priests murder in the way by consent: for they work mischief.

10 I have seen villainy in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.

11 Yea, Judah hath set a [a]plant for thee, while I would return the captivity of my people.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:11 That is, doth imitate thine idolatry, and hath taken grafts of thy trees.

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

11 “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest(F) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(G) of my people,

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