Empty Rituals and the Call to Justice

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Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

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What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

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When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

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Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

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And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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