Isaiah 1:11
What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?
Cross References
Psalms 50:8I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
Isaiah 66:3He that killeth a bullocke, is as if he slewe a man: he that sacrificeth a sheepe, as if he cut off a dogges necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that remembreth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne wayes, and their soule deliteth in their abominations.
Jeremiah 7:21Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Put your burnt offerings vnto your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
Amos 4:5And offer a thankesgiuing of leauen, publish and proclaime the free offrings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Micah 6:7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?
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 →