21 I hate, I despise, your feasts!(A)
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.(B)
22 Even if you offer me
your burnt offerings and grain offerings,(C)
I will not accept them;(D)
I will have no regard
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.(E)
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(F)
24 But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.(G)

25 “House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to me during the forty years in the wilderness?(H)

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21 The Lord says, “I hate and reject your feasts.
    I cannot stand your religious meetings.
22 You offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings.
    But I won’t accept them.
You bring the best fellowship offerings.
    But I will ignore them.
23 Take the noise of your songs away from here!
    I won’t listen to the music of your harps.
24 But let justice flow like a river.
    Let goodness flow like a never-ending stream.

25 “People of Israel, you did not bring me sacrifices and offerings
    while you traveled in the desert for 40 years.

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