⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(A)
    and acknowledgment^(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(C)

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)

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