Hos 6:6-8 | ESV | STEP | For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice , the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings .

Hosea 6:6-8

6 For ^aI desire steadfast love ^{▼▼Septuagint mercy} and not sacrifice,
^cthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But ^dlike Adam they ^etransgressed the covenant;
^fthere they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 ^gGilead is a city of evildoers,
^htracked with blood.