Empty Rituals and the Call to Justice

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Heare the worde of the Lord, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah.

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What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.

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When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

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Bring no more oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies.

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My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them.

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And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.

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Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.

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Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

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