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The Book of Hosea, Chapter 6, Verse 4

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Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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 dew that goeth early away.
New English Translation
Transitory Faithfulness and Imminent Judgment 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!
World English Bible
"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
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Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.
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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
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Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.
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And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
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Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
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When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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And they consider not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.