Isaiah 1:14

Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

In Context

13Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.

15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

Read all of Isaiah 1

Cross References

Isaiah 7:13And he said: 'Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

Isaiah 43:24Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.

Amos 2:13Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.

Zechariah 11:8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:11-16

The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. ( b. c. 738.) 10 Hear the word of the Lord , ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 1:14