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I don`t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
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God Wants Your Heart, Not Just Your Actions
Commentators unanimously agree that God's rebuke is not about neglecting religious duties. The Israelites were offering sacrifices constantly. The problem was their attitude: they performed the rituals without a sincere, humble, and faithful heart, treating worship as a transaction rather than a relationship.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt-offerings - On the words “sacrifices” and “burnt-offerings” used here, see…
19th Century
Anglican
I will not ... — Better, Not on account of your sacrifices do I reprove you, nor your burnt offerings, which are always before…
Baptist
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifi…
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16th Century
Protestant
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices, etc. God now proceeds to state the charge which He brought against them. He declares that He a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices For the neglect of them; this they were not chargeable with; and had they…
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbor better than all burnt offerings. We are warned here not to rest in these outward…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist invited the nations to trust in God; here, he instructs them in the worship of God. The title is a psalm for…
