Isaiah 40:16

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And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

Sacrifice and meal-offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me, - Ascending-sacrifice and sin-bearer, thou didst not ask:

For, mine, is every wild-beast of the forest, The cattle on the mountains, in their thousands;

Wherewith, shall I come before Yahweh? bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before him with ascending-sacrifice? with calves of a year old?

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and offering, thou willedst not, but, a body, hast thou fitted for me, -