But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant - the common sort of men (Psalms 82:7, "Ye shall die like men"). The margin has it, 'like Adam' (Job 31:33). However, the expression "covenant" is not found elsewhere applied to Adam's relation to God; though the thing seems implied (Romans 5:12-19, "As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners,"). "As in Adam all die" (1 Corinthians 15:22). Israel "transgressed the covenant" of God as lightly as men break everyday compacts with their fellow-men.
There have they dealt treacherously against me - "there," in the north kingdom, Israel.