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For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice,
    and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.(A)

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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(A)
    and acknowledgment(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.(C)

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13 They love sacrifice,
    they sacrifice meat and eat it,
    but the Lord is not pleased with them.(A)
Now he will remember their guilt
    and punish their sins;(B)
    they shall return to Egypt.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:13 Return to Egypt: to punish their violation of the covenant they will experience a reversal of the exodus.

13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.(B)
Now he will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:(D)
    They will return to Egypt.(E)

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21 [a](A)I hate, I despise your feasts,
    I take no pleasure in your solemnities.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:21–27 The prophet does not condemn cultic activity as such but rather the people’s attempt to offer worship with hands unclean from oppression of their fellow Israelites (cf. Ps 15:2–5; 24:3–4). But worship from those who disregard justice and righteousness (v. 24) is never acceptable to the God of Israel. Through the Sinai covenant the love of God and the love of neighbor are inextricably bound together.

21 “I hate,(A) I despise your religious festivals;(B)
    your assemblies(C) are a stench to me.

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