6 I want faithful lovemore than I want animal sacrifices.I want people to know memore than I want burnt offerings.
7 But they have broken the agreement as Adam did;they have been unfaithful to me.
8 Gilead is a city of people who do evil;their footprints are bloody.
9 The priests are like robbers waiting to attack people;they murder people on the road to Shechemand do wicked things.
10 I have seen horrible things in Israel.Look at Israel’s prostitution;Israel has become unclean.
11 “Judah, I have set a harvest time for youwhen I will make the lives of my people good again.