Isaiah 1:12
neither shall ye come with these to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? Ye shall no more tread my court.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 34:23Three times in the year shall every male of thine appear before the Lord the God of Israel.
Psalms 40:6Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, 1 When shall he die, and his name perish? 1
Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up thy voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.
Micah 6:8Has it not been told thee, O man, what is good? or what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord thy God?
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 →