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Verse Hosea 6:6. _I DESIRED MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE_] I taught them
righteousness by my prophets; for I desired mercy. I was more willing
to _save_ than to _destroy_; and would rather see them full...
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FOR I DESIRED MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE - God had said before, that they
should “seek” Him “with their flocks and herds, and not find”
Him. So here He anticipates their excuses with the same answer
wher...
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CHAPTER 6:4-11
Divine Mourning over Ephraim and Judah
_ 1. What shall I do to thee? (Hosea 6:4) _
2. Their transgression (Hosea 6:7)
Hosea 6:4. The Lord grieves and mourns over the condition of the...
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HOSEA 6:4 TO HOSEA 7:2. ISRAEL'S MORAL CONDITION HOPELESSLY CORRUPT.
The shallow expressions of loyalty by the fickle people mean nothing,
and cannot avert Yahweh's inevitable judgment. He looks for r...
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I DESIRED, &C. Compare 1 Samuel 15:22.Ecclesiastes 5:1.Micah 6:8.
MERCY. lovingkindness. Quoted in Matthew 9:13;...
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A further explanation of these severe judgments, the moral effect of
which the prophet has been considering.
_For I desired mercy and not sacrifice_ Rather, FOR I DELIGHT IN PIETY
AND NOT IN SACRIFICE...
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_REMEMBERING GOD'S COVENANT HOSEA 6:6-8:_ Gomer had broken the
covenant that she had made with Hosea. She had become an unfaithful
wife treacherous companion. Israel had likewise broken her covenant
w...
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DISCOURSE: 1156
MERCY BEFORE SACRIFICE
Hosea 6:6. _I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of
God more than burnt offerings_.
THERE is a disposition in every man to substitute external o...
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I DESIRED MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE— Or, _Rather than sacrifice._ See
Matthew 9:13. I think the word חסד _chesed,_ which we translate
_mercy,_ is used here in a comprehensive sense; signifying both pie...
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ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEHER INCONSTANCY
TEXT: Hosea 6:1-11
1
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will
heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2
After two days wil...
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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.
FOR I DESIRED MERCY - put for piety in general, of which mercy or
charity is a branch. The connection of...
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THE SHALLOWNESS OF ISRAEL'S REPENTANCE
Hosea now represents the people as counselling one another to
repentance in presence of the impending danger; and goes on to point
out the futility of a hurried...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 6
THE PEOPLE ARE NOT TRUE TO GOD
V1 ‘Come, let us return to the *Lord.
He has torn us to pieces, but he will bring us health....
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MERCY. — Better rendered, _love._ This passage is richly sustained
by our Lord’s adoption of its teaching (Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7).
Mark 12:33 shows that according to even Old Testament teaching,...
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כִּ֛י חֶ֥סֶד חָפַ֖צְתִּי וְ לֹא
־זָ֑בַח וְ
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THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL
Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
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“LET US RETURN UNTO THE LORD”
Hosea 6:1-11
How full Scripture is of tender invitations: _Come, and let us
return!_ This opening verse is closely connected with Hosea 5:15. The
hand that smote was th...
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Here we have the prophet's appeal in consequence of the judgment
threatened. It was first a message calling the people to return to
Jehovah. It was based on the certainty of divine pity; and a promise...
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For I desired (f) mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God
more than burnt offerings.
(f) He shows to what his doctrine was aimed at, that they should unite
the obedience of God, and the lo...
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_Mercy: sincere piety, ver. 4. --- Sacrifice. They had offered many,
chap. v. 6. (Calmet) --- "My victims are the salvation of the
faithful, and the conversion of sinners." (St. Jerome) --- Knowledge,...
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Our blessed Jesus hath made this scripture memorable by twice quoting
it. Matthew 9:13 and again, Matthew 12:7. But it should seem, as if by
our Lord's expression on both occasions, the sense of it wa...
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The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy
Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so
much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
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VII. HOSEA 6:1-2 (NASB) "COME, LET US RETURN TO THE LORD. FOR HE HAS
TORN [US,] BUT HE WILL HEAL US; HE HAS WOUNDED [US,] BUT HE WILL
BANDAGE US.
2 "HE WILL REVIVE US AFTER TWO DAYS; HE WILL RAISE U...
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God in this place declares that he desires mercy, and not sacrifices;
and he does so to prevent an objections and to anticipate all
frivolous pretenses. There is never wanting to hypocrites, we well
k...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7.
Chapter 6 calls forth a touching address from the prophet, in which he
entreats the people to return to Jehovah. Faith has always this
resource, beca...
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FOR I DESIRED MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE,.... That is, the one rather
than the other, as the next clause explains it. Sacrifices were of
early use, even before the law of Moses; they were of divine
appo...
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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.
Ver. 6. _For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice_] That is, rather than
sacrifice: I prefer the marrow and p...
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_For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice_ That is, rather than
sacrifice, this being spoken comparatively. I am better pleased with
true goodness than with the most exact observance of the external
dut...
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For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, the true piety of the heart
rather than a mere outward form of worship, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
MORE THAN BURNT OFFERINGS. Cf Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7. To hav...
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AN EARNEST INVITATION AND A FURTHER ADMONITION.
Having stated his threat in a most uncompromising form, the prophet
adds a powerful appeal to the people of his nation to heed the warning
of the Lord...
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4-11 Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their
sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud,
and the early dew, and they were as vile as ever. Therefore...
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I so hewed and slew them, because they did not what I most of all
required, approved, and could accept of; they were full of sacrifices,
and spared them not, but either to idols, or else in formality...
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Hosea 6:6 desire H2654 (H8804) mercy H2617 sacrifice H2077 knowledge
H1847 God H430 offerings H5930
I desired -...
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‘For I desire covenant love, and not sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.'
The reason for God's judgment on Israel and Judah is now explained. It
will be because their relig...
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YHWH MAKES CLEAR HIS CURRENT VIEW OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH BECAUSE OF THEIR
SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY (HOSEA 6:4).
Hosea, in words of YHWH, now contrasts his future glowing picture of
Israel's restoration with...
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CONTENTS: The voice of the remnant of Israel in the last days.
Jehovah's response.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The consideration of God's judgments upon us because of
sin should awaken us to return...
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Hosea 6:2. _After two days will he revive us._ The Chaldaic paraphrase
gives a double acceptation to this text, that the Messiah should raise
the dead, and that he should also revive and heal the chur...
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_For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice._
MERCY AND SACRIFICE NOT CONTRASTS
God had Himself, after the fall, enjoined sacrifice to foreshow and
plead to Himself the meritorious sacrifice of Christ. H...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 6:6 RATHER THAN BURNT OFFERINGS, God desires
real participation in the covenant by his people, here expressed as
STEADFAST LOVE and KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (see note on...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
HOSEA 6:6. SAC.] which they brought. MERCY] which they lacked; a
comparison by negatives; things less worthy are rejected. Moral
obedience is better than ritual offerings (Matthew 9:1...
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EXPOSITION
HOSEA 6:1
These three verses have, by the division into chapters, been violently
and improperly torn from the preceding chapter, to which they
naturally belong. Their connection with the f...
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And they will say,
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will
heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up (Hsa Hosea 6:1).
This is the prayer that they will be offerin...
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1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:6; 1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:21;...
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For — I so hewed and slew them, because they did not what I most of
all required; they were full of sacrifices, but either to idols, or
else in formality and pride. Mercy — Compassion and charity towa...
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Do the prophets disavow the sacrificial system of Moses?
PROBLEM: Moses commanded the use of sacrifices in the worship of the
Lord, saying, “And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is
a burn...