^(B)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
    as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, ^(C)to obey is better than sacrifice,
    and to listen than the fat of rams.
²³ For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
    and presumption is as iniquity and ^(D)idolatry.
Because ^(E)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
    ^(F)he has also rejected you from being king.”

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