Hosea 6:4-6

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?^(A)
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist^(B)
and like the early dew that vanishes.
⁵ This is why I have used the prophets
to cut them down;^[a](C)
I have killed them with the words from my mouth.
My judgment strikes like lightning.^[b]
6 For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God^(D) rather than burnt offerings.^(E)