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Hosea 6:5–7

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Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
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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From verse 5

  1. Jeremiah 23:29Rank 1 from verse 5
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    29Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

  2. Jeremiah 1:10Rank 2 from verse 5
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    10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

  3. Hebrews 4:12Rank 3 from verse 5
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  4. Jeremiah 5:14Rank 4 from verse 5
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    14Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

  5. Isaiah 11:4Rank 5 from verse 5
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    4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

  6. Psalms 119:120Rank 6 from verse 5
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  7. Revelation 2:16Rank 7 from verse 5
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    16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

  8. Romans 2:5Rank 8 from verse 5
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    5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  9. 1 Kings 14:6Rank 9 from verse 5
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    6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

  10. 1 Kings 17:1Rank 10 from verse 5
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    1AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

  11. 1 Kings 18:17Rank 11 from verse 5
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    17¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

  12. 1 Kings 19:17Rank 12 from verse 5
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    17And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

  13. 1 Samuel 13:13Rank 13 from verse 5
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    13And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

  14. 1 Samuel 15:22Rank 14 from verse 5
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    22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  15. 2 Chronicles 21:12Rank 15 from verse 5
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    12¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

  16. 2 Kings 1:16Rank 16 from verse 5
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    16And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

  17. Acts 7:31Rank 17 from verse 5
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    31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

  18. Ezekiel 3:9Rank 18 from verse 5
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    9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  19. Ezekiel 43:3Rank 19 from verse 5
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    3And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

  20. Genesis 18:25Rank 20 from verse 5
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    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  21. Isaiah 58:1Rank 21 from verse 5
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    1CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

  22. Jeremiah 1:18Rank 22 from verse 5
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    18For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

  23. Jeremiah 13:13Rank 23 from verse 5
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    13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  24. Job 34:10Rank 24 from verse 5
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    10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

  25. Psalms 37:6Rank 25 from verse 5
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    6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

  26. Revelation 1:16Rank 26 from verse 5
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    16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

  27. Revelation 9:15Rank 27 from verse 5
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    15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

  28. Revelation 9:21Rank 28 from verse 5
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    21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

  29. Zephaniah 3:5Rank 29 from verse 5
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    5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

From verse 6

  1. Matthew 9:13Rank 1 from verse 6
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    13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  2. Matthew 12:7Rank 2 from verse 6
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    7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

  3. Proverbs 21:3Rank 3 from verse 6
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    3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

  4. 1 Samuel 15:22Rank 4 from verse 6
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    22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  5. Amos 5:21Rank 5 from verse 6
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    21¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

  6. Ecclesiastes 5:1Rank 6 from verse 6
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    1KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  7. Isaiah 1:11Rank 7 from verse 6
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    11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

  8. Jeremiah 22:16Rank 8 from verse 6
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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

  9. Matthew 5:7Rank 9 from verse 6
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    7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

  10. Daniel 4:27Rank 10 from verse 6
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    27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

  11. 1 Chronicles 28:9Rank 11 from verse 6
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    9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  12. 1 John 3:6Rank 12 from verse 6
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    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

  13. Jeremiah 7:22Rank 13 from verse 6
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    22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  14. Micah 6:6Rank 14 from verse 6
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    6¶ Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

  15. 1 John 2:3Rank 15 from verse 6
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    3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

  16. Hosea 4:1Rank 16 from verse 6
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    1HEAR the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  17. Isaiah 58:6Rank 17 from verse 6
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    6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

  18. Hosea 2:20Rank 18 from verse 6
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    20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

  19. Psalms 50:8Rank 19 from verse 6
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    8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

From verse 7

  1. Genesis 3:11Rank 1 from verse 7
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    11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

  2. Hosea 5:7Rank 2 from verse 7
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    7They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

  3. Hosea 8:1Rank 3 from verse 7
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    1SET the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

  4. Jeremiah 9:6Rank 4 from verse 7
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    6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

  5. Job 31:33Rank 5 from verse 7
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    33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

  6. 2 Kings 17:15Rank 6 from verse 7
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    15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

  7. Ezekiel 16:59–61Rank 7 from verse 7
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    59For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

    60¶ Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

    61Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

  8. Genesis 3:6Rank 8 from verse 7
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    6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

  9. Isaiah 24:16Rank 9 from verse 7
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    16¶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

  10. Isaiah 24:5Rank 10 from verse 7
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    5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

  11. Isaiah 48:8Rank 11 from verse 7
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    8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  12. Jeremiah 3:7Rank 12 from verse 7
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    7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

  13. Jeremiah 31:32Rank 13 from verse 7
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    32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

  14. Jeremiah 5:11Rank 14 from verse 7
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    11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

  15. Hebrews 8:9Rank 15 from verse 7
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    9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

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Hosea 6:5

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hewed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hew, meaning to cut or shape with blows of an axe or another instrument.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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Hosea 6:6

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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desired

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of desire, meaning to wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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sacrifice

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Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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Hosea 6:7

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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transgressed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of transgress, meaning to break or pass beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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covenant

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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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dealt

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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

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treacherously

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Faithlessly or perfidiously; by betraying trust, allegiance, covenant, or pledged faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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6:4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

6:5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

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6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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6:7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

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6:8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

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