4. 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.
5. 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.
6. For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
7. But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8. Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.