5. Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
6. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7. But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8. Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.
9. And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
10. In the house of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11. Also, O Judah, there is an harvest appointed for thee, when I bring again the captivity of my people.