Christians: Is God a “just” god, or a “merciful” god?

I’m on my phone so I’m no going to search for it but there’s no reason to think there is a contradiction.

The verse isn’t saying either or and is proper sacrifice includes those aspects anyway. It is better to be a good person than to kill your best goat at the temple and not be a good person which actually preps them for times they would not have the employees such as when they are defeated by Babylon or when Christianity does away with the need for it.

Hosea and Micah allude to this principle as well as Jesus

But maybe you said something so profound and eye opening that it smashes the verse to pieces. Quote your statement, assuming it’s brief, and I’ll adjust accordingly.