Jeremiah 7:21-28

Obedience Necessary, not Sacrifice. Yahweh scornfully tells these formal worshippers to eat even the burnt-offering (wholly offered to God), as well as the peace-offering (which was eaten by the worshippers, except the blood and portions of the fat); both are mere flesh, without sacrificial value in the hands of the disobedient. In the desert days He asked for obedience, not sacrifice; but Israel has refused it, notwithstanding the continued ministry of the prophets, nor will Jeremiah's own message be heard.

Jeremiah 7:22 f. clearly show that the Pentateuch in its present form was not known to Jeremiah (cf. Amos 5:25), for the Priestly Code lays the greatest stress on sacrifice as Divinely prescribed from the beginning.

Jeremiah 7:28. Read as both mgg.