Hosea 6:4-8
Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, And like the dew which goes away early.
Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have cut them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that shines.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:7
But like Adam they have violated the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously with Me.
Hosea 6:8
Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.