6:4 What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim?

What am I going to do with you, O Judah?

For ¹  your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; ² 

it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew! ³ 

6:5 Therefore, I will certainly cut ⁴  you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; ⁵ 

I will certainly kill you ⁶  in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; ⁷ 

for ⁸  my judgment ⁹  will come forth like the light of the dawn. ¹⁰ 

6:6 For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;

I delight ¹¹  in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings. ¹²