5 That is why I cut ⌊you⌋ down by sending the prophets.I killed you with the words from my mouth.My judgments shined on you like light.
6 I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices.I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.
7 “Like Adam, you rejected the promise.You were unfaithful to me.
8 Gilead is a city filled with troublemakers.It is stained with bloody footprints.
9 The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person.They murder on the road to Shechem.Certainly, they have committed a crime.
10 “I have seen horrible things in the nation of Israel.Ephraim is acting like a prostitute,and Israel is unclean.
11 “Yet, Judah, I have set a harvest time for youwhen I bring my people back from captivity.