Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more meaningless offerings; incense is an abomination to me; 1 your new moon and Sabbath assemblies—I cannot tolerate these wicked assemblies. 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
Exodus 12:16On the first day there will be an assembly that is set apart to me, and on the seventh day there will be another such gathering. No work will be done on these days, except the cooking for everyone to eat. That must be the only work that may be done by you.
Leviticus 26:31I will turn your cities into ruins and destroy your sanctuaries. I will not be pleased with the aroma of your offerings.
Numbers 28:10This is to be the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and the drink offering with it.
Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, for in the month of Aviv Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
1 Chronicles 23:31and whenever burnt offerings were offered to Yahweh, on the Sabbath and at the new moon festivals and feast days. A fixed number, assigned by decree, always had to be present before Yahweh.
Proverbs 7:14“I made my peace offering today, 1 I paid my vows, 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 →