Bible Cross References
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalm 40:6-8
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You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you do not ask for animals burned whole on the altar or for sacrifices to take away sins. Instead, you have given me ears to hear you,
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and so I answered, "Here I am; your instructions for me are in the book of the Law.
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How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart."
Psalm 51:16
You do not want sacrifices, or I would offer them; you are not pleased with burnt offerings.
Isaiah 1:11-31
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He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.
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Who asked you to bring me all this when you come to worship me? Who asked you to do all this tramping around in my Temple?
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It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.
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I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing.
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"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
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Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil
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and learn to do right. See that justice is done---help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows."
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The LORD says, "Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.
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If you will only obey me, you will eat the good things the land produces.
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But if you defy me, you are doomed to die. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The city that once was faithful is behaving like a whore! At one time it was filled with righteous people, but now only murderers remain.
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Jerusalem, you were once like silver, but now you are worthless; you were like good wine, but now you are only water.
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Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.
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So now, listen to what the LORD Almighty, Israel's powerful God, is saying: "I will take revenge on you, my enemies, and you will cause me no more trouble.
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I will take action against you. I will purify you the way metal is refined, and will remove all your impurity.
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I will give you rulers and advisers like those you had long ago. Then Jerusalem will be called the righteous, faithful city."
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Because the LORD is righteous, he will save Jerusalem and everyone there who repents.
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But he will crush everyone who sins and rebels against him; he will kill everyone who forsakes him.
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You will be sorry that you ever worshiped trees and planted sacred gardens.
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You will wither like a dying oak, like a garden that no one waters.
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Just as straw is set on fire by a spark, so powerful people will be destroyed by their own evil deeds, and no one will be able to stop the destruction.
Jeremiah 7:21-23
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"My people, some sacrifices you burn completely on the altar, and some you are permitted to eat. But what I, the LORD, say is that you might as well eat them all.
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I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt.
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But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live the way I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.
Hosea 6:6
I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.
Hebrews 10:4-10
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For the blood of bulls and goats can never take away sins.
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For this reason, when Christ was about to come into the world, he said to God: "You do not want sacrifices and offerings, but you have prepared a body for me.
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You are not pleased with animals burned whole on the altar or with sacrifices to take away sins.
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Then I said, 'Here I am, to do your will, O God, just as it is written of me in the book of the Law.' "
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First he said, "You neither want nor are you pleased with sacrifices and offerings or with animals burned on the altar and the sacrifices to take away sins." He said this even though all these sacrifices are offered according to the Law.
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Then he said, "Here I am, O God, to do your will." So God does away with all the old sacrifices and puts the sacrifice of Christ in their place.
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Because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do, we are all purified from sin by the offering that he made of his own body once and for all.