Verse 8

I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt offerynges: for that they be not alway before me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 40:6-8 : 6 O God my Lord, great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done: & none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs, yf I woulde declare them and speake of them, they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse. 7 Thou wouldest haue no sacrifice or offeryng, but thou hast opened myne eares: thou hast not required burnt offerynges and sacrifice for sinne. 8 Then sayde I, lo I am come: in the booke of thy lawe it is written of me that I shoulde fulfyll thy wyll O my God, I am content to do it, yea thy lawe is within the middest of my brest.
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then burnt offeringes.
• Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles & of Goates shoulde take away sinnes. 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde, he saith: Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue, but a body hast thou ordeyned me. 6 In burnt sacrifices & sinne (offerynges) thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then sayde I, lo I come (In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me) to do thy wyll O God. 8 Aboue when he saith, that sacrifice, and offeryng, and burnt offeringes, and sinne offerynges thou wouldest not, neither haddest pleasure therein (which are offered by the lawe:) 9 Then sayde he, lo I come, to do thy wyll, O God. He taketh away ye first to stablyshe the seconde. 10 In ye which wyll we are made holy, euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesus Christe once for all.
• Ps 51:16 : 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, els I would geue it thee: thou delightest not in a burnt offering.
• Isa 1:11-31 : 11 Why offer ye so many sacrifices to me, wyll the Lorde say? I am full of the burnt offeringes of weathers, & of the fatnesse of fed beastes, I haue no pleasure in the blood of bullockes, lambes, and goates. 12 When ye come to appeare before me treadyng in my courtes, who hath required this at your handes? 13 Offer me no mo oblations, for it is but lost labour: incense is an abhominable thyng vnto me, I may not away with your newe moones, your sabbathes & solempne meetynges, your solempne assemblies are wicked. 14 I hate your newe moones and appoynted feastes euen from my very heart, they make me weery, I can not abyde them. 15 When you holde out your handes, I wyll turne myne eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, yet I wyll heare nothyng at all, seyng your handes are full of blood. 16 Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll, 17 Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you: 18 And then go to, saith the Lorde, let vs talke together: though your sinnes be as red as scarlet, they shalbe as whyte as snowe: and though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whyte as wooll. 19 If ye be wyllyng and obedient, ye shal eate the good of the lande: 20 But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sworde: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 21 Howe happeneth it then that the righteous citie which was full of equitie, is become vnfaythfull as a whore? Righteousnesse dwelt in it, but nowe murtherers. 22 Thy siluer is turned to drosse, and thy wine mixt with water. 23 Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them. 24 Therfore saith the Lorde God of hoastes, the mightie one of Israel: Ah I must ease me of mine enemies, and auenge me of mine aduersaries: 25 And I shall lay my hande vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne: 26 And set thy iudges agayne as they were sometyme, and thy senatours as they were from the begynnyng: and then thou shalt be called the ryghteous citie, the faythfull citie. 27 Sion shalbe redeemed with equitie, and her conuertes with righteousnesse. 28 But the transgressours, and the vngodly, and such as forsake the Lorde, shall altogether be vtterly destroyed. 29 For ye shalbe confounded for the trees which ye haue desired: and ye shalbe ashamed of the gardens that ye haue chosen. 30 For ye shalbe as a tree whose leaues are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moystnesse. 31 And the very strong one of your idols shalbe as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke of fire and they shal both burne together, and no man quenche them.
• Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: Heape vp your burnt offeringes with your sacrifices, and eate the fleshe. 22 For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt, I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices: 23 But this I commaunded them, saying, Hearken and obay my voyce, and I shalbe your God, and ye shalbe my people, so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you, that ye may prosper.