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.