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Hear, O people, and God will speak,
He will testify against you;
The burnt offerings are weak,
The sacrifices are not true.
The Lord will be rebuking you,
He is not accepting a bull;
Or the goats that have no value,
Because each of you is a fool.
For every beast of the forest,
The cattle on the thousand hills;
Are not considered the choicest,
Since they are having many ills.
God knows all the birds in the air,
All creatures that move through the field;
You need to be very aware,
Sacrifice for scars has not healed.
If God hungered, He won’t tell you,
For the world and fullness in sense;
Hunger and thirst He does pursue,
Could be considered a pretense.
Does God eat the flesh of a bull?
Or does He drink the blood of goats;
Does He sheer sheep to wear the wool,
To make it into overcoats.
Offer to the Lord thanksgiving,
Pay your vows unto Him in prayer;
Sacrificial time in living,
With the Lord all the time you share.
Call on God in times of trouble,
He will rescue and glorify;
Pulling you out from the rubble,
Confession He will purify.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
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