Hosea 6:6
“For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more then burnt offerings.”
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Hosea 6:6 Context
4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, what shall I do vnto thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5Therefore haue I shewed them by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements are as the light that goeth foorth. 6For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more then burnt offerings. 7But they like men haue transgressed the Couenant: there haue they dealt treacherously against me. 8Gilead is a city of them that worke iniquitie; and is polluted with blood.
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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- King James Version
For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- New American Standard Version (1995)