7 “aHear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, byour God.
8 I do anot reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 I shall take no ayoung bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
10 For aevery beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every abird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the aworld is Mine, as well as its fullness.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of abulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer to God aa sacrifice of thanksgiving
And bpay your vows to the Most High;
15 aCall upon Me in the day of distress;
I shall brescue you, and you will cglorify Me.”