11 “Of what benefit to me is the multitude of YOUR sacrifices?” says Jehovah. “I have had enough of whole burnt offerings+ of rams+ and the fat of well-fed animals;+ and in the blood+ of young bulls and male lambs and he-goats+ I have taken no delight.+

15 And Jehovah proceeded to say to me: “If Moses+ and Samuel+ were standing before me, my soul would not be toward this people.+ There would be a sending of them away from before my face, that they might go out.+

13 “‘There was loose conduct in your* uncleanness.+ For that reason I had to cleanse you, but you did not become clean from your uncleanness.+ You will become clean no more until I cause my rage to come to its rest in your case.+

26 For if we practice sin willfully+ after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth,+ there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left,+