World English Bible
Hosea 6:7
“But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.”
Verse in context — Hosea 6
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
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 in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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