Isaiah 1:12 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? {to appear: Heb. to be seen}”

Isaiah 1:12

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Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

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. {he goats: Heb. great he goats}

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? {to appear: Heb. to be seen}

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; {it is} iniquity, even the solemn meeting. {iniquity: or, grief}

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear {them}.

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Isaiah 1:1

"The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, {and} Hezekiah, kings of Judah."

Isaiah 1:2

"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me."

Isaiah 1:3

"The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."

Isaiah 1:4

"Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. {laden: Heb. of heaviness} {gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated}"

Isaiah 1:5

"Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. {revolt...: Heb. increase revolt}"

Isaiah 1:6

"From the sole of the foot even unto the head {there is} no soundness in it; {but} wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. {ointment: or, oil}"

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