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Hosea 6:4

World English Bible

“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.

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Hosea 6:4 in other translations

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.

Hosea 6:4 · American Standard Version

Hosea 6:4 in context

  1. 2After two days he will revive us.
    On the third day he will raise us up,
    and we will live before him.
  2. 3Let’s acknowledge Yahweh.
    Let’s press on to know Yahweh.
    As surely as the sun rises,
    Yahweh will appear.
    He will come to us like the rain,
    like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
  3. 4“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.
  4. 5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
    I killed them with the words of my mouth.
    Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
  5. 6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
    and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.