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Hosea 6:4-6
Contemporary English Version

The Lord Speaks to Israel and Judah

4 People of Israel and Judah,
    what can I do with you?
Your love for me disappears
more quickly than mist
    or dew at sunrise.
5 That's why I slaughtered you
with the words
    of my prophets.
That's why my judgments blazed
    like the dawning sun.[a]
6 (A) I'd rather for you to be faithful
and to know me
    than to offer sacrifices.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.5 That's why my … sun: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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