Isaiah 43:23
You haven't brought me sheep for burnt offerings; you haven't honored me with your sacrifices. I haven't burdened you by asking for grain offerings; I haven't tired you out by demanding incense.
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22But you haven't called on me for help, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, Israel.
Cross References
Leviticus 2:1“When you bring a grain offering to the Lord, your offering must be of the best flour. Pour olive oil on it and put frankincense on it,
Proverbs 15:8The Lord hates the sacrifices of the wicked, but he loves the prayers of the good.
Isaiah 1:11What use are all your many sacrifices to me? asks the Lord. I am sick and tired of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of sacrificial animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats!
Jeremiah 7:22When I led your forefathers out of Egypt I didn't just give them instructions about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
Amos 5:25Did you bring me sacrifices during those forty years in the desert, people of Israel?
Zechariah 7:5Tell everyone in the land and the priests, when you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and the seventh month during these seventy years, was it really me you were fasting for?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:23-28
Reproof to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine… Read the whole commentary →