Hosea 6:4-6

Authorized (King James) Version

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