Hosea 6:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?
    What am I going to do with you, Judah?
    For your faithfulness^[a] is like a morning mist,
    like early dew that disappears.
⁵ That is why I cut them to pieces by means of the prophets.
    I killed them with the words of my mouth.
    The judgments against you go forth like the light.
⁶ For I desire mercy,^[b] and not sacrifice,
    and the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.