1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Hosea 6:6

*For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

1 Kings 15:22.; Ecclesiastes 4:17.; Matthew 9:13.; Matthew 12:17.

Mercy: sincere piety, ver. 4. --- Sacrifice. They had offered many, Osee 5:6. (Calmet) --- "My victims are the salvation of the faithful, and the conversion of sinners." (St. Jerome) --- Knowledge, of a practical nature, which was deficient, chap 4:6., and 6:4. (Calmet)