Hosea 6:6–10

6 For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,

the knowledge of Godaz rather than burnt offerings.ba

7 But they, like Adam,E have violated the covenant;a

there they have betrayed me.b

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,c

tracked with bloody footprints.d

9 Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,e

a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.f

They commit atrocities.g

10 I have seen something horribleh in the house of Israel:

Ephraim’s promiscuity is there;i Israel is defiled.