Hosea 6:6-7:1

New International Version

⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(A)
    and acknowledgment^(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(C)
7 As at Adam,^[a] they have broken the covenant;^(D)
    they were unfaithful^(E) to me there.
⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers,^(F)
    stained with footprints of blood.
⁹ As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,^(G)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder^(H) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.^(I)
10 I have seen a horrible^(J) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.^(K)

¹¹ “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest^(L) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes^(M) of my people,