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27 The (A)sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with a wicked scheme!

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Fear God

[a](A)Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the (B)sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ch 4:17 in Heb

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

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  1. Isaiah 1:11 Or am sated with
  2. Isaiah 1:11 Or I do not desire, cf. Ps 40:6

20 (A)For what purpose does (B)frankincense come to Me from Sheba
And the [a](C)sweet cane from a distant land?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”

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  1. Jeremiah 6:20 Lit good

Is Yahweh pleased with (A)thousands of rams,
With ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give my (B)firstborn for my transgression,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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