7. But like Adam they broke the covenant;then they acted in bad faith against me.
8. Gilead is a city of wicked people,tracked with blood.
9. As robbers lie in wait for someone,so the priests are in league with each other;they murder on the road to Shechem;they have done evil things.
10. In the house of Israel I have seen something horrible;Ephraim acts like a prostitute; Israel is defiled.
11. For you also, Judah, a harvest is appointed,when I would improve the circumstances of my people.