 | Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge - 1853 - 178 sider
...and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." And again it is said in Hosea vi. 6, " For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." And our Lord said to the Pharisees, in Matt. ix. 13, " Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have... | |
 | 1854 - 512 sider
...broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise." Look at this from Hosea : " I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offering." Or this of Micah : " Wnat doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and love... | |
 | Edward Higginson - 1855 - 554 sider
...him for eating with Matthew and his fellow " publicans," are quoted from Hosea vi. 6 : " I desired mer.cy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." There are many similar passages in the Hebrew Psalms, Proverbs and Prophets, which the Pharisees must... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 346 sider
...obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." líos. vi. 6. " For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." Сотр. Ps. li. 16, 17. *' For thou dcsircst not sacrifice, else would I give it ; thou delightest... | |
 | 1855 - 496 sider
...love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ?' Look at Hosea's startling announcement, ' For I desired mercy and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burntofferings :' and the still more important declaration in Jeremiah, ' For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1857 - 324 sider
...delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats." — Isaiah i. 11. " For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God, more than burnt-offerings." — Hosea vi. 6. " Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers... | |
 | John Kitto - 1858 - 518 sider
...not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless," he appeals to Hosea vi. 6: "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." Now two things may be remarked with regard to these appeals of our Lord to the Old Testament : first,... | |
 | 1858 - 474 sider
...the earth. For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications. And I prayed unto the Lord... | |
 | Sylvester Graham - 1859 - 360 sider
...burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me." (Jer. vi. 20.) " For I desired mercy and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burntofferings." (Hos. vi. 6.) " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God P shall... | |
 | 1860 - 594 sider
...towards Him had been only " as the morning cloud." The prophets had warned them that GOD " desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of GOD more than burnt-offerings." The law had been misread by them. Its purposes, its teaching had been set aside. Now that the voice... | |
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For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 
