Hosea 6:7 · KJV
“But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. {men: or, Adam}”
— Hosea 6:7
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Gilead {is} a city of them that work iniquity, {and is} polluted with blood. {polluted: or, cunning for}
Hosea 6 — Context
Therefore have I hewed {them} by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments {are as} the light {that} goeth forth. {and...: or, that thy judgments might be, etc}
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. {men: or, Adam}
8Gilead {is} a city of them that work iniquity, {and is} polluted with blood. {polluted: or, cunning for}
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, {so} the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. {by...: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem} {lewdness: or, enormity}
Cross References
Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou {wast} naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Hosea 8:1
{Set} the trumpet to thy mouth. {He shall come} as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. {thy: Heb. the roof of thy}
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: {as Adam: or, after the manner of men}
Jeremiah 9:6
Thine habitation {is} in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree {was} good for food, and that it {was} pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make {one} wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}
Ezekiel 16:59-61
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that {were} round about them, {concerning} whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.