Jeremiah 7:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

Nor

Mark 12:33

General references

Bible References

Nor

Samuel said,“Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].”

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to [unselfishly] love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

General references

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering;

‘Then on the second day [of the Feast of Booths]: twelve bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish,

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].