6 Because I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But like Adam, they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 Gilead is a city of evil, a cunning city because of blood.
9 Like bandits lying in wait, so is a band of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem; indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen something horrible; Ephraim’s unfaithfulness is there. Israel is defiled.
11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people,