Hosea 6:3-6

Revised Standard Version

³ Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord;
    his going forth is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
    as the spring rains that water the earth.”

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.