Hosea 6:5-7

The Voice

⁵     This is why I cut them with the words of the prophets
        and destroyed them with the words of My mouth.
        My judgment went forth like the light of the rising sun.
⁶     For I want not animal sacrifices, but mercy.^[a]
        I don’t want burnt offerings; I want people to know Me as God!
⁷     They broke their covenant with Me, treated it as just a common human affair;
        they were unfaithful to Me there.