Hosea 6:7-11
Covenant breach produces systemic corruption and inevitable consequence.
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 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.
11 “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
Covenant breach produces systemic corruption and inevitable consequence.
To intensify the covenant indictment by tracing Israel’s unfaithfulness to a transgressed covenant, priestly violence, and national corruption extending from Gilead to Shechem and Judah.
A Call to Return and the Exposure of Fleeting Covenant Love
The LORD calls his people to return for healing, but he exposes shallow repentance that offers sacrifice without steadfast love and religious words without true knowledge of God.