6. For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
7. But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8. Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9. And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11. Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.