"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears early.
"What shall I do unto thee ...? This verse confirms what was said of the shallowness, inadequacy, and insincerity of the people's response  (Hosea 6:1-3).  "It implies the will of God to do something about the impossible religious situation into which the nation has maneuvered herself."[9]