5. “Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth. And my right-rulings break forth as the light.
6. “For I delight in kindness and not slaughtering, and in the knowledge of Elohim more than burnt offerings.
7. “But like Aḏam they transgressed the covenant. There they acted treacherously against Me.
8. “Gil‛aḏ is a city of workers of wickedness – tracked up with blood.
9. “And as bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the way to Sheḵem, for they have done wickedness.
10. “I have seen a horrible matter in the house of Yisra’ĕl: the whoring of Ephrayim is there, Yisra’ĕl is defiled.
11. “Also, a harvest is appointed for you, O Yehuḏah, when I turn back the captivity of My people.