3. Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.His appearance is as sure as the dawn.He will come to us like the rain;like the spring rains He will water the earth.
4. What shall I do to you, O Ephraim?What shall I do to you, O Judah?Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,and like the early dew it goes away.
5. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets.I have killed them by the words of My mouth,and My judgments go forth like light.
6. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice,and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7. But like men they have transgressed the covenant.There they dealt faithlessly with Me.