Hosea 6:6

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

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

Hosea 6:6 — American Standard Version

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Context — Hosea 6

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3And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

4O 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 dew that goeth early away.

5Therefore 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.

6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

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