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Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat animals.
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God Rejects Empty Rituals
All commentators agree that God rejects religious offerings, no matter how elaborate or costly, when they are not accompanied by a righteous life and a repentant heart. As Charles Spurgeon states, "When the moral conduct of the offerer is wrong, the Lord will not accept his offering." God desires a relationship of faith and obedience, not just the performance of ceremonies.
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Amos
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19th Century
Anglican
These verses closely resemble the condemnation that Isaiah pronounces (Amos 1:10–15) upon mere ritual, however meticulous, and mere pro…
Baptist
See how God speaks about public worship and formal sacrifices when the heart is not right with him. When the moral conduct of the offerer is wrong,…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet, anticipating an objection, shows that the Israelites deceived themselves, because they believed that God was pacified by their sa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Though you offer me burnt offerings, and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]
Presbyterian
Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord's judgments, who wish for times of war and confusion—like some who long for changes, hoping to rise on …
