4. What can I do with you, Ephraim?What can I do with you, Judah?Your loyalty is like morning mist,like the dew that disappears early.
5. For this reason I struck them down through the prophets,I killed them by the words of my mouth; my judgment shines forth like the light.
6. For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice,and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7. But they, at Adam, violated the covenant;there they betrayed me.