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What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, Juda? whereas your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that goes away.
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Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.
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For I will mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.
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But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:
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there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water.