Then He said, “Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the Tree from which I commanded you not to eat?”
Hosea 6:7 - Tree of Life Version But like Adam, they transgressed a covenant. There they dealt treacherously with Me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they, like [less-privileged] men and like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt faithlessly and treacherously with Me. American Standard Version (1901) But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. Common English Bible But like Adam they broke the covenant; then they acted in bad faith against me. Catholic Public Domain Version But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; in this, they have been dishonest with me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me. |
Then He said, “Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the Tree from which I commanded you not to eat?”
Now the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a thing of lust for the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for imparting wisdom. So she took of its fruit and she ate. She also gave to her husband who was with her and he ate.
So they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them. Instead they went after futile things and became futile, following the nations that surrounded them, about whom Adonai had charged them not to emulate.
if I have I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my guilt in my bosom
From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Oy to me! Traitors betray! With treachery traitors betray!”
The land is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed Torah, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel.
Yet I thought that after she had done all this she would return to Me. But she did not return. Even her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “I will put My Torah within them. Yes, I will write it on their heart. I will be their God and they will be My people.
I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?
They have betrayed Adonai, for they have begotten foreign children. Now the New Moon will devour them, with their portions.
“Put a shofar to your mouth! Like a vulture he comes against the house of Adonai. For they overstepped My covenant and transgressed My Torah.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in a manner similar to the violation of Adam, who is a pattern of the One to come.
“For when I bring them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I swore to their fathers, and they eat and are satisfied and grow fat—then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and they will spurn Me and break My covenant.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not care for them, says Adonai.