Hosea 6:6

6 I'm after love that lasts, not more religion. I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.

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Hosea 6:6 In-Context

4 "What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What do I make of you, Judah? Your declarations of love last no longer than morning mist and predawn dew.
5 That's why I use prophets to shake you to attention, why my words cut you to the quick: To wake you up to my judgment blazing like light.
6 I'm after love that lasts, not more religion. I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.
7 You broke the covenant - just like Adam! You broke faith with me - ungrateful wretches!
8 "Gilead has become Crime City - blood on the sidewalks, blood on the streets.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.