11 What use are all your many sacrifices to me? asks the Lord. I am sick and tired of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of sacrificial animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats!
16 Wash yourselves and clean yourselves up. Get rid of your sins—I don’t want to see them! Stop doing evil! 17 Learn to do good; strive for justice, condemn those who oppress others; support the rights of orphans, take up cases to defend widows.