You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t require burnt offerings and sin offerings. You opened my ears so that I could hear you and obey you.

祭物和礼物，你不喜悦；你已经开通我的耳朵。燔祭和赎罪祭非你所要。

祭物和礼物，你不喜爱，你已经开通我的耳朵；燔祭和赎罪祭非你所要。

祭物和礼物，你不喜爱，你已经开通我的耳朵；燔祭和赎罪祭非你所要。

祭物和供品非你所悦，你开通了我的耳朵，燔祭和赎罪祭非你所要。

祭品和礼物不是你喜悦的。你开通了我的耳朵；燔祭和赎罪祭，不是你要求的。

祭物和供物不是你所喜悦的，燔祭和赎罪祭不是你所要的；你开通了我的耳朵，

祭物和禮物，你不喜悅；你已經開通我的耳朵。燔祭和贖罪祭非你所要。

祭物和禮物，你不喜愛，你已經開通我的耳朵；燔祭和贖罪祭非你所要。

祭物和禮物，你不喜愛，你已經開通我的耳朵；燔祭和贖罪祭非你所要。

祭物和供品非你所悅，你開通了我的耳朵，燔祭和贖罪祭非你所要。

祭品和禮物不是你喜悅的。你開通了我的耳朵；燔祭和贖罪祭，不是你要求的。

宰祭和供物、你不喜愛；你只為我挖通了耳朵好聽從；燔祭和解罪祭你也不要。

祭物和供物不是你所喜悅的，燔祭和贖罪祭不是你所要的；你開通了我的耳朵，

祭祀禮儀、非爾所悅、燔祭罪祭、非爾所欲、爾啟我耳兮、

爾不欲以牲牷祭祀、不喜燔祭以贖罪、爾詔告、我聽命兮、

祭祀供獻、主不喜悅、主已啟我耳、火焚祭罪祭、非主所欲、

主待我何厚。恩德多且奇。聖蹟日日新。浩蕩誰與比。我欲咏大德。大德超言詞。

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings. Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand— you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; you open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering; You have opened my ears; You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt- offering and sin- offering hast thou not required.

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; You open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

“ Do you think I need any more of your sacrifices?” asks the Lord.“ I have more than enough of your burnt offerings. I have more than enough of rams and the fat of your fattest animals. I do not find any pleasure in the blood of your bulls, lambs and goats.

So when Christ came into the world, he said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. Instead, you prepared a body for me.You weren’t pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings.Then I said,‘ Here I am. It is written about me in the book. I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ”( Psalm 40:6–8)First Christ said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t want burnt offerings and sin offerings. You weren’t pleased with them.” He said this even though they were offered in keeping with the law.Then he said,“ Here I am. I have come to do what you want.” He did away with the shadow of the good things that were coming. He did it to put in place the good things themselves.We have been made holy by what God wanted. We have been made holy because Jesus Christ offered his body once and for all time.Day after day every priest stands and does his special duties. He offers the same sacrifices again and again. But they can never take away sins.Jesus our priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time. Then he sat down at the right hand of God.

But Samuel replied,“ What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying the Lord? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. It is better to do what he says than to offer the fat of rams.

You don’t take delight in sacrifice. If you did, I would bring it. You don’t take pleasure in burnt offerings.

He might speak in their ears. His warnings might terrify them.

You bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. You bring your best friendship offerings. But I will not even look at them.

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,“ Go ahead! Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices. Eat the meat yourselves!When I brought your people out of Egypt, I spoke to them. But I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.I also gave them another command. I said,‘ Obey me. Then I will be your God. And you will be my people. Live the way I command you to live. Then things will go well with you.’

I want mercy and not sacrifice. I want you to recognize me as God instead of bringing me burnt offerings.

Scripture says,‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’( Hosea 6:6) You don’t know what those words mean. If you did, you would not bring charges against those who are not guilty.

Go and learn what this means,‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’( Hosea 6:6) I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

Then his master must take him to the judges. His master must take him to the door or doorpost of his master’s house. His master must poke a hole through his servant’s earlobe into the door or doorpost. Then he will become his servant for life.

The Lord and King has taught me what to say. He has taught me how to help those who are tired. He wakes me up every morning. He makes me want to listen like a good student.The Lord and King has unplugged my ears. I’ve always obeyed him. I haven’t turned away from him.

But others are not like that. They sacrifice bulls to me, but at the same time they kill people. They offer lambs to me, but they also sacrifice dogs to other gods. They bring grain offerings to me, but they also offer pig’s blood to other gods. They burn incense to me, but they also worship statues of gods. They have chosen to go their own way. They take delight in things I hate.

I don’t bring charges against you because of your sacrifices. I don’t bring charges because of the burnt offerings you always bring me.