Hosea 6:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ What can I do with you, Ephraim?
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like a morning mist,
    like the dew that quickly evaporates.
⁵ That is the reason why I cut them to pieces
    by means of the prophets.
I have slaughtered them by the word of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth like the dawn.
⁶ For steadfast love rather than sacrifice is what pleases me,
    and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.