I Desire Goodness, and Not Sacrifice — Hosea 6:4–11

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.

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.

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim,
Israel is defiled.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.