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

But they [b]like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they trespassed against me.

[c]Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:6 He showeth to what scope his doctrine tended, that they should join the obedience of God, and the love of their neighbor with outward sacrifices.
  2. Hosea 6:7 That is, like light and weak persons.
  3. Hosea 6:8 Which was the place where the Priests dwelt, and which should have been best instructed in my word.

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