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Hosea 6:4–5

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THE LORD’S FIRST LAMENT

4What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?aw

What am I going to do with you, Judah?

Your love is like the morning mistax

and like the early dew that vanishes.

5This is why I have used the prophets

to cut them down;Cay

I have killed them with the words from my mouth.

My judgment strikes like lightning.D

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Footnotes

  1. COr have cut down the prophets
  2. D, , ; reads Your judgments go out as light

Cross references

  1. awHs 7:1; 11:8
  2. axPs 78:34–37
  3. ay1Sm 15:32–33; Jr 1:10,18; 5:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?

What shall I do with you, O Judah?

Your love is like a morning cloud,

like the dew that goes early away.

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;

I have slain them by the words of my mouth,

and my judgment goes forth as the light.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“What can I do with you, Ephraim?

What can I do with you, Judah?

Your love is like the morning mist,

like the early dew that disappears.

Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,

I killed you with the words of my mouth—

then my judgments go forth like the sun.

NLTNew Living Translation

“O Israel and Judah,

what should I do with you?” asks the Lord.

“For your love vanishes like the morning mist

and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces—

to slaughter you with my words,

with judgments as inescapable as light.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

What will I do with you, O Ephraim?

What will I do with you, O Judah?

Your love is like a morning cloud,

like the dew that goes away early in the morning.

Therefore, I have hewn them by the prophets;

I have killed them by the words of my mouth,

and my judgment goes forth like the light.

KJV 1900King James Version

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 early dew it goeth 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.