4-7 "What am I to do with you, Ephraim?
What do I make of you, Judah?
Your declarations of love last no longer
than morning mist and predawn dew.
That’s why I use prophets to shake you to attention,
why my words cut you to the quick:
To wake you up to my judgment
blazing like light.
I’m after love that lasts, not more religion.
I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.
You broke the covenant—just like Adam!
You broke faith with me—ungrateful wretches!
4 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 early dew it goeth away.6.4 goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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.
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
4 What shall I do with you, [ch. 11:8] O ver. 10, 11;ch. 4:15;5:5;8:14;10:11;11:12;12:1,2;See ch. 5:9-14Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O ver. 6:10,11;ch. 4:15;5:5;8:14;10:11;11:12;12:1,2;See ch. 5:9-14Judah?
Your love is ch. 13:3like a morning cloud,
ch. 13:3like the dew that goes early away.
6 For Cited Matt. 9:13;12:7;[1 Sam. 15:22] I desire steadfast love6:6 Septuagint mercy and not sacrifice,
[ch. 2:20]the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
4 "O Israel6:4 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel. and Judah,
what should I do with you?" asks the Lord.
"For your love vanishes like the morning mist
and disappears like dew in the sunlight.
6 I want you to show love,6:6a Greek version translates this Hebrew term as to show mercy. Compare Matt 9:13; 12:7.
not offer sacrifices.
I want you to know me6:6b Hebrew to know God.
more than I want burnt offerings.
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.
6 For I desire Matt. 9:13; 12:7mercy and Is. 1:12, 13; (Mic. 6:6–8)not sacrifice,
And the (John 17:3)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
4 What shall I do with you, Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
6 For I 6:6 Or take pleasure indesire loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
4 What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? 6:4 Hs 7:1; 11:8
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist 6:4 Ps 78:34–37
and like the early dew that vanishes.
6 For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God 6:6 Hs 4:1 rather than burnt offerings. 6:6 Mt 9:13; 12:7
4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
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