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9I will take{H8799)} no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
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Wherewith 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? …
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. …
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. …
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)God is here dealing with those that placed all their religion in the observances of the ceremonial law, and thought those sufficient. I. He lays down the original contract between him and Israel, in which they had avouched him to be their God, and he them to be his people, and so both parties were agreed (Ps. 50:7): Hear, O my people! and I will speak . Note, It is justly expected that whatever ot…
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