Isaiah 1:11
“What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?” says Yahweh. 1 “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts; 1 and in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats I do not delight. 1
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12When you come to appear before me, 1 who has required this of you, to trample my courts? 1
Cross References
Psalms 50:8I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; 1 your burnt offerings are always before me. 1
Proverbs 15:8Yahweh hates the sacrifices of wicked people, 1 but the prayer of upright people is his delight. 1
Isaiah 66:3He who slaughters an ox also murders a man; he who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; 1 he who offers a grain offering offers swine's blood; he who offers a memorial of incense also blesses wickedness. 1 They have chosen their own ways, and they take pleasure in their abominations. 1
Jeremiah 7:21Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel says this, 'Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and the meat from them.
Amos 4:5Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread; 1 proclaim freewill offerings; announce them, 1 for this pleases you, 1 you people of Israel 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh. 1
Micah 6:7Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, 1 or with ten thousand rivers of oil? 1 Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, 1 the fruit of my body for my own sin? 1
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 →