Hosea 6:4-6

New Living Translation

⁴ “O Israel^[a] 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.
⁵ I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces—
    to slaughter you with my words,
    with judgments as inescapable as light.
⁶ I want you to show love,^[b]
    not offer sacrifices.
I want you to know me^[c]
    more than I want burnt offerings.