Lyrics · Hosea
I Desired Mercy, and Not Sacrifice
Hosea 4:1-6:11
[Watchman]
No truth in the street, no mercy at the gate,
Blood touched blood while the priests fed the weight.
Return, return, the torn can also heal,
[Answer]
Knowledge was rejected, the law laid aside,
Religion grew louder as the covenant died.
Follow on to know what the rain will reveal.
[Watchman]
But goodness like dew vanished under the sun,
A morning confession was finished and gone.
I desired mercy, not smoke without heart,
[Answer]
Knowledge of God, not a ritual apart.
The trumpet may sound and the altar may shine,
Yet justice and loyalty measure the vine.
[Bridge]
Come past the offering, come past the disguise,
Mercy is worship when truth is alive.
[Final Chorus]
Return, return, the torn can also heal,
Follow on to know what the rain will reveal.
Come past the offering, come past the disguise,

