6:7 At Adam 1 they broke 2 the covenant;
Oh how 3 they were unfaithful 4 to me!
6:8 Gilead is a city full of evildoers; 5
its streets are stained with bloody footprints! 6
6:9 The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,
lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.
They commit murder on the road to Shechem;
they have done heinous crimes!
6:10 I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel:
there Ephraim practices temple prostitution
and Judah defiles itself.
6:11 I have appointed a time to reap judgment 7 for you also, O Judah!
Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people, 8
7:1 whenever I want to heal Israel,
the sin of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed.
For they do what is wrong;
thieves break into houses,
and gangs rob people out in the streets.
7:2 They do not realize 9
that I remember all of their wicked deeds.
Their evil deeds have now surrounded them;
their sinful deeds are always before me. 10