6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they have transposed the covenant as of men: there they have rebelled against me.
8 Gilead is a city of those that work iniquity and is polluted with blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the council of priests murder in the way by common accord; for they put the abomination into effect.
10 I saw uncleanness in the house of Israel: there Ephraim played the harlot, Israel defiled herself.
11 Also, Judah placed a plant in thee when I had turned the captivity of my people.