Hosea 6:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ I want mercy and not sacrifice.
    I want you to recognize me as God
    instead of bringing me burnt offerings.
⁷ Just as at the city of Adam, they disobeyed me,
    they have broken the covenant I made with them.
    They were not faithful to me there.
⁸ Ramoth Gilead is a city where sinful people live.
    It is stained with footprints of blood.