5. Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
6. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7. But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
8. Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9. As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
11. “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.