Hosea 6:5-11 So I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth. And your judgments were as the light that goes forth.

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ So I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth. And your judgments were as the light that goes forth. ⁶ For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. ⁷ But, like Adam, they have broken the covenant. They have acted like traitors against Me there. ⁸ Gilead is a city of trouble-makers, slippery with blood marks. ⁹ And as troops of robbers wait for a man, the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; for they committed wickedness. ¹⁰ I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel; the harlotry of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled. ¹¹ Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, when I return the captivity of My people.