6Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. …
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. …
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. …
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)Here is the proposal for accommodation between God and Israel, the parties that were at variance in the beginning of the chapter. Upon the trial, judgment is given against Israel; they are convicted of injustice and ingratitude towards God, the crimes with which they stood charged. Their guilt is too plain to be denied, too great to be excused, and therefore, I. They express their desires to be at…
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