27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27)Sacrifices were of divine institution; and when they were offered in faith, and with repentance and reformation, God was greatly honoured by them and well-pleased in them. But they were often not only unacceptable, but an abomination , to God, and he declared so, which was an indication both that they were not required for their own sakes and that there were better things, and for effectual, in re…
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