⁵ Vậy nên ta đã dùng các tiên tri sửa phạt chúng nó; ta đã giết chúng nó bởi lời nói từ miệng ta: những sự phán xét của ta mọc lên như ánh sáng.

⁴ "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

⁵ Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

⁶ For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.