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Hosea 6:4-6
Modern English Version

Impenitence of Israel and Judah

4 What shall I do to you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do to you, O Judah?
Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
    and like the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets.
    I have killed them by the words of My mouth,
    and My[a] judgments go forth like light.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice,
    and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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  1. Hosea 6:5 Gk. Syr.: Heb. Your.
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Hosea 6:4-6
American Standard Version

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your [a]goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and [b]thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 6 For I desire [c]goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:4 Or, kindness
  2. Hosea 6:5 Or, according to another reading, my
  3. Hosea 6:6 Or, kindness
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