Hosea 6:7

Hosea declares: "But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; there they have dealt treacherously against Me." The word translated "dealt treacherously" (bagad) describes deliberate betrayal — treason, not mere disobedience. Adam's sin was not passively eating fruit offered by his wife; it was active treason against God. Adam heard the serpent's lie, knew it was false (he was not deceived, 1 Tim 2:14), and chose silence. His failure to guard the garden and speak truth in the face of deception constituted covenant treachery. God's rebuke in Genesis 3:17 confirms this: "Because you listened to the voice of your wife" — not because she instructed him, but because he listened passively to her conversation with the serpent and did nothing. Adam was a silent watchman, and the penalty for a watchman who fails to warn is death (Ezek 33:6).