4. What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim?What am I going to do with you, O Judah?For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist;it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!
5. Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets;I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment;for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.
6. For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
7. At Adam they broke the covenant;Oh how they were unfaithful to me!