Therefore said I, The Philistims will come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lorde. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring.
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TSK · Proverbs 21:27
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I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.
To what purpose bringest thou mee incense from Sheba, and sweete calamus from a farre countrey? Your burnt offerings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me.
I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies.
Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.