Isa 1:11-17, Hos 6:6, Mic 6:6-8 | ESV | STEP | What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices ? says the Lord ; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts ; I do not delight in the blood of bulls , or of lambs , or of goats .

g[See ver. 13 above]

h 1 Kgs. 8:22

i Prov. 1:28; Mic. 3:4

j ch. 59:3

k[Jer. 2:22]

l[1 Pet. 3:11]

m Jer. 22:3

n[ver. 23; James 1:27]

oCited Matt. 9:13; 12:7; [1 Sam. 15:22]

q[ch. 2:20]

r[Hos. 5:6; Heb. 10:4]

s Isa. 57:15

tSee 1 Sam. 15:22

v 2 Kgs. 3:27; 16:3; 21:6; 23:10; [Lev. 18:21]

w[Deut. 10:12]

y[Gen. 5:22]

Isaiah 1:11-17

11 ^a“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to ^bappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^cNew moon and Sabbath and the ^dcalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ^einiquity and ^fsolemn assembly.
14 Your ^gnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^hspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
ⁱeven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^jyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^kWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^lcease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
^mseek justice,
correct oppression;
ⁿbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

Hosea 6:6

6 For ^oI desire steadfast love ^{▼▼Septuagint mercy} and not sacrifice,
^qthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:6-8

What Does the Lord Require?

6 ^r“With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before ^sGod on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 ^tWill the Lord be pleased with ^{▼▼Or Will the Lord accept} thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
^vShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and ^wwhat does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, ^{▼▼Or steadfast love}
and to ^ywalk humbly with your God?