Micah 6:7
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
What it says
They imagine increasingly extravagant sacrifices, even the firstborn, as though these might please God.
What it is doing
This verse exposes a distorted view of worship and atonement.
In context
1Hear now what the LORD says: 2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, 3‘My people, what have I done to you? 4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt 5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled 6With what shall I come before the LORD 7Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, 8He has shown you, O man, what is good.