Hosea 6:4-6

World English Bible

⁴ “Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
    Judah, what shall I do to you?
    For your love is like a morning cloud,
    and like the dew that disappears early.
⁵ Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
    I killed them with the words of my mouth.
    Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
⁶ For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
    and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.