I desired, &c. Compare 1 Samuel 15:22.Ecclesiastes 5:1.Micah 6:8.
mercy. lovingkindness. Quoted in Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7.
not sacrifice. Compare Psalms 50:8; Psalms 50:9; Proverbs 21:3.Isaiah 1:11. Hebrew. zabach. App-43.
the knowledge of God. Compare Jeremiah 9:23; Jeremiah 9:24; Jeremiah 22:16. See note on Hosea 2:20.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.