For I desire (A)mercy[a] and (B)not sacrifice,
And the (C)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

“But like [b]men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.

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  1. Hosea 6:6 Or faithfulness or loyalty
  2. Hosea 6:7 Or Adam

For (A)I [a]desire loyalty (B)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
But (C)like [b]Adam they have (D)violated the covenant;
There they have (E)dealt treacherously with Me.

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  1. Hosea 6:6 Or take pleasure in
  2. Hosea 6:7 Or men


For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.(A)

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;
There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

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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.

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

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

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

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As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of (A)priests (B)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit (C)lewdness.

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And as a (A)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests (B)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of (C)infamy.

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And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man,
So a band of priests murder on the road toward [a]Shechem [covering their crimes in that city of refuge];
Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages.

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  1. Hosea 6:9 Shechem was the first capital city of the Kingdom of Israel.

As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(A)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder(B) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.(C)

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And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

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