Hosea 6:4-11

4“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.

5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.

6For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7“But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me.

8Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood.

9As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness.

10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

11Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people.