Hosea 6:4-6

Revised Standard Version

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