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You ·did not ask for [were not pleased with; took no delight in] burnt offerings
    and offerings to take away sins.
  Then I said, ‘·Look [or Here I am; T Behold], I have come.
    It is written about me in the ·book [scroll].
    ·God [L O God], I have come to do ·what you want [your will; Ps. 40:6–8].’”

  In this Scripture ·he first said [or cited above he said], “You did not ·want [desire] sacrifices and offerings. You ·did not ask for [were not pleased with; took no delight in] burnt offerings and offerings to take away sins [v. 6].” (These are all sacrifices that the law ·commands [requires; prescribes].)

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with burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you were not pleased.
Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(A)
    I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](B)

First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(C)—though they were offered in accordance with the law.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)