Hosea 6:4

American Standard Version

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

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Hosea 6:4 in other translations

“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.

Hosea 6:4 · World English Bible

Hosea 6:4 in context

  1. 2After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
  2. 3And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
  3. 4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
  4. 5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
  5. 6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.