Hosea 6:4-6

The Voice

⁴ Eternal One: What am I supposed to do with you, Ephraim?
        What am I supposed to do with you, Judah?
    Your loyalty to Me is like fog in the morning,
        like dew that evaporates at sunrise.
⁵     This is why I cut them with the words of the prophets
        and destroyed them with the words of My mouth.
        My judgment went forth like the light of the rising sun.
⁶     For I want not animal sacrifices, but mercy.^[a]
        I don’t want burnt offerings; I want people to know Me as God!