NASB
"For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
— Hosea 6:6, NASB
“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
“For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. ”
“For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
“For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.”
“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.”
“Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.”
“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.
Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.