You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
you open my ears to listen.[a]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.(A)
Then I said, “See, I have come;
in the scroll it is written about me.(B)
I delight to do your will, my God,(C)
and your instruction is deep within me.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:6 Lit you hollow out ears for me

16 You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
you are not pleased with a burnt offering.(A)
17 The sacrifice pleasing to God is[a] a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 51:17 Lit The sacrifices of God are

11 “What are all your sacrifices to me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.(A)
12 When you come to appear before me,
who requires this from you—
this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing useless offerings.(B)
Your incense is detestable to me.
New Moons and Sabbaths,(C)
and the calling of solemn assemblies(D)
I cannot stand iniquity(E) with a festival.
14 I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals.
They have become a burden to me;
I am tired of putting up with them.
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,(F)
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.(G)
Your hands are covered with blood.(H)

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What should I bring before the Lord(A)
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before him with burnt offerings,(B)
with year-old calves?
Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams(C)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,(D)
the offspring of my body for my own sin?

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good(E)
and what it is the Lord requires of you:(F)
to act justly,(G)
to love faithfulness,(H)
and to walk humbly with your God.(I)

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