Jeremiah 7:22
Jeremiah chapter 7 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For 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:
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For 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
v.21Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
v.22This passage
v.23but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 50:8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
- Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
- Psalms 51:16
For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
- 1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- Hosea 6:6
For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
- Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.