Hosea 6:4-6

Modern English Version

⁴ What shall I do to you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do to you, O Judah?
Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
    and like the early dew it goes away.
⁵ Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets.
    I have killed them by the words of My mouth,
    and My^[a] judgments go forth like light.
⁶ For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice,
    and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.