Isaiah 1:13

Isaiah 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

Context of Isaiah 1:13

11“What are all your sacrifices to me?” asks the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I have no desire for the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats. 12When you come to appear before me, who requires this from you — this trampling of my courts? Stop bringing useless offerings. Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies — I cannot stand iniquity with a festival. 14I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to me; I am tired of putting up with them. 15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 1:13 word by word

לֹ֣א תוֹסִ֗יפוּ הָבִיא֙ מִנְחַת־שָׁ֔וְא קְטֹ֧רֶת תּוֹעֵבָ֛ה הִ֖יא לִ֑י חֹ֤דֶשׁ וְשַׁבָּת֙ קְרֹ֣א מִקְרָ֔א לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל אָ֖וֶן וַעֲצָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• no moreיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• vainשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• oblationsמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004
• is an abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• unto me; the new moonsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
• and sabbathsשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• the callingקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• of assembliesמִקְרָאmiqrâ' · assemblyH4744
• I cannot away withיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• even the solemn meetingעֲצָרָה‛ătsârâh ‛ătsereth · assemblyH6116

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:13

• Ezekiel 20:39“‘As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to me, and you will no longer defile my holy name with your gifts and idols.
• Malachi 1:10“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Armies, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
• Matthew 15:9They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines human commands.”
• Luke 11:42“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
• Isaiah 66:3One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol — all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.
• Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable — how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!
• Leviticus 23:1The Lord spoke to Moses:
• Numbers 28:1The Lord spoke to Moses,
• Numbers 29:1“You are to hold a sacred assembly in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, and you are not to do any daily work. This will be a day of trumpet blasts for you.
• Deuteronomy 16:1“Set aside the month of Abib and observe the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib.
• Lamentations 2:6He has wrecked his temple as if it were merely a shack in a field, destroying his place of meeting. The Lord has abolished appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion. He has despised king and priest in his fierce anger.
• Joel 1:14Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land at the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
• Joel 2:15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion! Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly.
• 1 Corinthians 11:17Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
• Philippians 1:15To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of good will.
• Psalms 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert.

Commentaries on Isaiah 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The new moons and Sabbaths "The fast and the day of restraint" - ועצרה און aven vaatsarah . These words are rendered in many different manners by different interpreters, to a good and probable sense by all; but I think by none in such a sense as can arise from the phrase itself, agreeably to the idiom of the Hebrew language. Instead of און aven, the Septuagint manifestly read צום tsom, , "the fast." This Houbigant has adopted. The prophet could not well…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Bring no more - God does not intend absolutely to forbid this kind of worship, but he expresses his strong abhorrence of the manner in which it was done. He desired a better state of mind; he preferred purity of heart to all this external homage. Vain - Hebrew “offering of vanity” - שׁוא shâv' - offerings which were hollow, false, deceitful, and hypocritical. Oblations - מנחת minchath This word properly denotes a gift, or present, of any kind Genesis…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin. Many who will readily part with their sacrifices, will not be persuaded to part with their sins. They relied on the mere form as a service deserving a reward. The most costly devotions of wicked people, without thorough reformation of heart and life…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The incense with offerings was meant to be a sweet fragrance to the Lord (see Exodus 30:7–8). However, when offered with hypocrisy, it became a disgusting smell and an offense to God. The Lord had designated special fasting days at the temple (Leviticus 16:31; 23:32; Numbers 29:7), but Judah's sinfulness ruined them (see Isaiah 58:1–7; Matthew 6:16–18). solemn assembly: These holy days were associated with the new moon and other festivals (see Leviticus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. oblations--unbloody; "meat (old English sense, not flesh) offerings," that is, of flour, fruits, oil, &c. (Le 2:1-13). Hebrew, mincha. incense--put upon the sacrifices, and burnt on the altar of incense. Type of prayer (Psa 141:2; Re 8:3). new moons--observed as festivals (Nu 10:10; 28:11, 14) with sacrifices and blowing of silver trumpets. sabbaths--both the seventh day and the beginning and closing days of the great feasts (Le 23:24-39). away…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 1:13

• Church
• Formalism
• Hypocrisy
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Offerings
• Ordinance
• Sabbath
• Vanity
• Wicked (People)
• Worship

In the dictionaries

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• Isaiah, The Book of
• Judgment
• Oblation
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Commentaries on Isaiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings