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Hosea 6:4-11

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4What 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.

5Therefore 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.

6For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice,

And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7But like Adam they have violated the covenant;

There they have dealt treacherously with Me.

8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,

Tracked with bloody footprints.

9And as a band of robbers lie in wait for a person,

So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;

Certainly they have committed an act of infamy.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;

Ephraim’s infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.

11Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,

When I restore the fortunes of My people.