4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
         What shall I do with you, O Judah?
         For your loyalty is like a morning cloud
         And like the dew which goes away early.

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

6For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
         And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant;
         There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
         Tracked with bloody footprints.

9And as raiders wait for a man,
         So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;
         Surely they have committed crime.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
         Ephraim’s harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.

11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,
         When I restore the fortunes of My people.

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