Hosea 6:4

The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah · Hosea 6:1–11
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
What will I do to you, O Ephraim? What will I do to you, O Judah? And your faithfulness is like a cloud of the morning, and like the dew rising and going away.
Latin
Quid faciam tibi, Ephraim? quid faciam tibi, Juda? misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina, et quasi ros mane pertransiens.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Israel's response was not enough. God lamented that their love vanished like morning mist and dew.

Events

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Dew Ephraim (Place) Hosea, Book of

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Character: Instability of Cloud: Figurative Clouds: (Passing Away) the Goodness and Prosperity of Dew: Figurative Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Instability: Ephraim and Judah Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Lukewarmness: Figurative Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Morning: (Clouds In) of the Short Lived Profession of Hypocrites