(A)Hear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify [a]against you;
I am God, (B)your God.
I do (C)not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
I will not take a (D)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:7 Or to

11 (A)What are your many sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I [a]have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fattened cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:11 Or am sated with

Hypocrisy Rebuked

But the one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a person;
The one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
One who offers a grain offering is like one who offers (A)pig’s blood;
One who [a](B)burns incense is like one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their (C)own ways,
And their souls delight in their (D)abominations,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:3 Lit offers a memorial of incense

What God Requires of Mankind

(A)With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with (B)burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

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