Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

In Context

5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgements are like a flash of lightning.

7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Psalms 50:8I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

Isaiah 58:6“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.

Hosea 2:20I will even betroth you to me 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 →

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