5. Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
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.