Isaiah 1:14

Your Rosh Chodesh and your Mo'adim 1 My Nefesh hateth; 1 they are a burden unto Me; 1 I am weary to bear them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 futile minchot; 1 ketoret is an abomination unto Me; 1 Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) and Shabbos, the calling of assemblies — 1 I cannot endure aven (wickedness) and atzarah (solemn convocation). 1

15And when ye spread forth your hands, 1 I will hide Mine eyes from you; 1 yea, when ye make many tefillah, 1 I will not hear; 1 your hands are full of damim. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:13And he (Yeshayah) said, Hear ye now, O Bais Dovid; Is it a small thing for you to weary anashim, but will ye weary my G-d also?

Isaiah 43:24Thou hast bought Me no fragrant calamus with kesef, 1 neither hast thou filled Me with the chelev of thy zevakhim; 1 but thou hast wearied Me with thy chattot, 1 thou hast wearied Me with thine avonot. 1

Amos 2:13Hinei, I am weighed down by you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. 1

Zechariah 11:8Shloshet haro'im (three of the shepherds) also I disposed of in one month; and my nefesh wearied of them, and their nefesh also abhorred 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 →

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