World English Bible
"For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
— Hosea 6:6, World English Bible
“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 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.”
Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."
"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.
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.
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.