4“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun. The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
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