Hosea 6:6
Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
Psalms 50:8You shall cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
Isaiah 58:6I have not chosen such a fast, says the Lord; but do you loose every burden of iniquity, do you untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account.
Jeremiah 22:16They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this your not knowing me? says the Lord.
Hosea 2:20and I will betroth you to myself in faithfulness: and you shall know the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:5-11
Promises and Expostulations; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 758.) 4 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. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there… Read the whole commentary →