Isaiah 1:12
10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts?
13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts?
- KJV
- When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
- WEB
- When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
- ASV
- When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
- DARBY
- When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand to tread my courts?
- BLB
- When you⁺ come to appear before My face, who has sought this from your⁺ hand, to trample My courts?
- ÅB
- Når dere kommer for å vise dere for mitt åsyn, hvem har da krevd dette av dere at dere skal nedtrede mine forgårder?
- OTB
- Når dere kommer for å vise dere for meg, hvem har krevd dette av dere, denne tråkking av mine forgårder?
- B1930
- Når I kommer for å vise eder for mitt åsyn, hvem har da krevd dette av eder at I skal nedtrede mine forgårder?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:1–2
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Read in contextExodus 23:17
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Read in contextMicah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Read in contextMatthew 23:5
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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