Hosea 6:4

“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.”

"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." - Hosea 6:4
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What does Hosea 6:4 mean?

Hosea 6:4 in the King James Version reads, "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." The book of Hosea is a prophetic book in the Old Testament that delves deeply into…

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The Fleeting Beauty of Goodness

Hosea 6:4 in the King James Version echoes a poignant lament from the heart of God: "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." This verse encapsulates a profound truth…

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A Prayer for Genuine Repentance and Renewal

O Loving and Merciful God, In humility and reverence, I bow before Your throne of grace today, recognizing the depth of Your love for humanity and the relentless pursuit of my heart. You are the God who sees, and as I open my heart to You, I echo the poignant cry from Hosea 6:4…

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Hosea 6:4 - "¶ 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."
Hosea 6:6 - "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Hosea 4:6 - "¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 14:5-6 – "I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily."
Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
Hosea 6:9 - "And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness."
Hosea 8:6 - "For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."
Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 14:6 - "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."
Hosea 12:6 - "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."
Hosea 13:6 - "According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." - Hosea 6:6
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
Hosea 5:6 - "They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them."
Hosea 2:6 - "¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths."
Hosea 11:6 - "And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."
Hosea 6:11 - "Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people."
"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood." - Hosea 6:8
"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17
Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."