Hosea 6:4
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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.What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
In other translations
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.What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
Hebrew words
מָהmahwhat?H4100אֶעֱשֶׂה־'e'eseh-will I doH6213לְּךָlekhato youאֶפְרַיִם'efrayimO EphraimH669מָהmahwhat?H4100אֶעֱשֶׂה־'e'eseh-will I doH6213לְּךָlekhato youיְהוּדָהyehudahO JudahH3063וְחַסְדְּכֶםvechasdekhemand loyalty yourH2617כַּעֲנַן־ka'anan-[is] like a cloud ofH6051בֹּקֶרboker[the] morningH1242וְכַטַּלvekhataland like <the> dewH2919מַשְׁכִּיםmashkimrising earlyH7925הֹלֵךְ׃holekhgoingH1980
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