6. For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
7. At Adam they broke the covenant;Oh how they were unfaithful to me!
8. Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!
9. The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.They commit murder on the road to Shechem;they have done heinous crimes!
10. I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel:there Ephraim practices temple prostitutionand Judah defiles itself.
11. I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah!Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,