Hosea 6:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes away early.
⁵ Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
    I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
    and my^[a] judgment goes forth as the light.
⁶ For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
    the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.