5:22 Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, 1 I will not be satisfied;
I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves. 2
5:25 You did not bring me 3 sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family 4 of Israel.
1 tn Heb “burnt offerings and your grain offerings.”
2 tn Heb “Peace offering[s], your fattened calves, I will not look at.”
3 tn Heb “Did you bring me…?” This rhetorical question expects a negative answer. The point seems to be this: Since sacrifices did not characterize God’s relationship with Israel during the nation’s formative years, the people should not consider them to be so fundamental. The
4 tn Heb “house.”