For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 6:6 in context
Hosea 6:3–9
3
Let’s acknowledge the LORD.
Let’s press on to know the LORD.
As surely as the sun rises,
the LORD will appear.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
4
“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.
5
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
I killed them with the words of my mouth.
Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
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For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
They were unfaithful to me there.
8
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
it is stained with blood.
9
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem,
committing shameful crimes.
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