KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 1:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
WEB World English Bible
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.
ASV American Standard Version
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense—an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity—and a restraint!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 1
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 an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתוֹסִ֗יפוּH3254 · ya.saphto add: againהָבִיא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeמִנְחַת־H4503 · min.chahofferingשָׁ֔וְאH7723 · shavvanity: falseקְטֹ֧רֶתH7004 · qe.to.retincenseתּוֹעֵבָ֛הH8441 · to.e.vahabominationהִ֖יאH1931 · huhe/she/itלִ֑יH9030 · nimeחֹ֤דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthוְשַׁבָּת֙H7676 · shab.batSabbathקְרֹ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toמִקְרָ֔אH4744 · miq.raassemblyלֹא־H3808 · lonotאוּכַ֥לH3201 · ya.kholbe ableאָ֖וֶןH205 · a.venevil: wickednessוַעֲצָרָֽה׃H6116 · a.tsa.rahassembly
Cross-references
Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.Malachi 1:10Who [is there] even among you that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.Matthew 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.Ezekiel 20:39As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter [also], if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:Lamentations 2:6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as [if it were of] a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.Joel 1:14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,Jeremiah 7:9-10Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;1 Chronicles 23:31And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:Exodus 12:16And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.Leviticus 23:1-44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.1 Corinthians 11:17Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.Psalm 78:40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?Deuteronomy 16:1-22Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.Numbers 28:1-29And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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