5So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;
6Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
7But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.
8Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood.
9And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
10In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean;
11And Judah has put up disgusting images for himself.
