6. For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7. But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
8. Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.
9. And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.
10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11. Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.