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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice,
    and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But like men[a] they have transgressed the covenant.
    There they dealt faithlessly with Me.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,
    polluted with blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or like/at Adam.

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(A)
    and acknowledgment(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.(C)
As at Adam,[a] they have broken the covenant;(D)
    they were unfaithful(E) to me there.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,(F)
    stained with footprints of blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings