Jeremiah 7:22
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 7 connects to 9 cross-references. The temple sermon delivered at the temple gate: do not trust the lying words 'This is the temple of the Lord.' God will not protect those who oppress widows, shed innocent blood, and worship Baal. The Shiloh precedent shows the …
Other Translations
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,
For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:
Cross References
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of …
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not …
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come …
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with …