Hosea 006:005-11 (New International Version)

 ⁵ Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
       I killed you with the words of my mouth;
       my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.

 ⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
       and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

 ⁷ Like Adam, ^[a] they have broken the covenant—
       they were unfaithful to me there.

 ⁸ Gilead is a city of wicked men,
       stained with footprints of blood.

 ⁹ As marauders lie in ambush for a man,
       so do bands of priests;
       they murder on the road to Shechem,
       committing shameful crimes.

 ¹⁰ I have seen a horrible thing
       in the house of Israel.
       There Ephraim is given to prostitution
       and Israel is defiled.

 ¹¹ "Also for you, Judah,
       a harvest is appointed.
       "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,