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They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals. They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I hate your new moon <i>festivals</i> and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of bearing <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I hate your new moon <i>festivals</i> and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me. I am weary of bearing <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />My soul hates your new moon <i>festivals</i> and your appointed times, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I hate [the hypocrisy of] your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to me; I am tired of putting up with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of putting up with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I hate your New Moon Festivals and all others as well. They are a heavy burden I am tired of carrying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I hate your New Moon Festivals and your appointed festivals. They've become a burden to me, and I'm tired of putting up with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As for your New Moons and your appointed festivals, I abhor them. They've become a burden to me; I've grown weary of carrying that burden. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />My soul has hated your new moons and your set seasons, "" They have been on Me for a burden, "" I have been weary of bearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointments my soul hated; they were for a burden upon me; I was wearied to lift up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />My soul hates your days of proclamation and your solemnities. They have become bothersome to me. I labor to endure them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your new moons and festivals I detest; they weigh me down, I tire of the load. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a burden to me; I am weary to bear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The beginning of your months and your feasts my soul has hated. They have been upon me for a burden; I am weary to bear them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; They are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>your</i> fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: ye have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/1-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=161" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Meaningless Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>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. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śā·nə·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">hate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ḥā·ḏə·šê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">your New Moons</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: ū·mō·w·‘ă·ḏê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">and your appointed feasts.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">They have become</a> <a href="/hebrew/2960.htm" title="2960: lā·ṭō·raḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A burden. From tarach; a burden.">a burden</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to Me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3811.htm" title="3811: nil·’ê·ṯî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- To be weary or impatient. A primitive root; to tire; to be disgusted.">I am weary</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nə·śō (V-Qal-Inf) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">of bearing them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Hosea 2:11</a></span><br />I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a></span><br />“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a></span><br />What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-7.htm">Psalm 50:7-14</a></span><br />“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. / I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. / I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a></span><br />Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-5</a></span><br />“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. / Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a></span><br />But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them.</p><p class="hdg">my soul</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8</a></b></br> For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21</a></b></br> I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.</p><p class="hdg">I am weary</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a></b></br> Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13</a></b></br> Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed <i>that is</i> full of sheaves.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8</a></b></br> Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; 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The New Moons and appointed feasts were part of the ceremonial law given to Israel (<a href="/numbers/28-11.htm">Numbers 28:11-15</a>, <a href="/leviticus/23.htm">Leviticus 23</a>). These were intended to be times of worship and remembrance of God's provision and deliverance. However, by the time of Isaiah, these observances had become empty rituals, devoid of genuine faith and obedience. The Israelites were performing these ceremonies outwardly, but their hearts were far from God (<a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a>). This reflects a broader biblical theme where God desires mercy and knowledge of Him rather than mere sacrifice (<a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a>). The New Moons and feasts, while instituted by God, had become hypocritical practices when not accompanied by true repentance and righteousness.<p><b>They have become a burden to Me;</b><br>The rituals, once pleasing to God when performed with a sincere heart, had become burdensome due to the people's insincerity and sinfulness. This indicates that God is not interested in ritual for ritual's sake but desires a relationship with His people characterized by justice, mercy, and humility (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). The burden here suggests that God is wearied by the people's failure to live according to His covenant, despite their outward religious observance. This sentiment is echoed in other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a>, where God rejects the festivals and offerings of the Israelites because of their injustice and unrighteousness.<p><b>I am weary of bearing them.</b><br>God's weariness signifies His patience being tested by the continuous disobedience and superficial worship of His people. This weariness is not due to a lack of power or ability but is a reflection of His righteous indignation towards sin and hypocrisy. The language used here anthropomorphizes God to convey His deep displeasure and the relational aspect of His covenant with Israel. This weariness is a call to repentance, urging the people to return to genuine worship and obedience. It also foreshadows the ultimate solution to sin and hypocrisy through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and the prophets (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>) and offers a new covenant based on His sacrificial love and grace (<a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6-13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was the primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies. Judah was experiencing a period of religious formalism and hypocrisy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/new_moons_and_appointed_feasts.htm">New Moons and Appointed Feasts</a></b><br>These were religious observances commanded by God in the Mosaic Law. They were intended to be times of worship and remembrance of God's covenant with Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His displeasure with the empty rituals of His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/religious_rituals.htm">Religious Rituals</a></b><br>The context of this verse is a critique of the religious practices of the Israelites, which had become mere formalities devoid of genuine devotion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_empty_rituals.htm">The Danger of Empty Rituals</a></b><br>God desires genuine worship and obedience, not mere outward observance of religious practices. Our rituals should reflect a heart devoted to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_burden_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Burden of Hypocrisy</a></b><br>When religious practices become burdensome, it may indicate a disconnect between our actions and our heart. We must examine our motives and seek authenticity in our worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_weariness_with_insincerity.htm">God's Weariness with Insincerity</a></b><br>God is weary of insincere worship. We should strive to align our hearts with our actions, ensuring that our worship is pleasing to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_true_worship.htm">The Call to True Worship</a></b><br>True worship involves justice, mercy, and humility. We should focus on living out these principles in our daily lives as an expression of our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_worship_practices.htm">Reflecting on Our Worship Practices</a></b><br>Regularly evaluate your worship practices to ensure they are meaningful and reflect a genuine relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_clear_ot_prophecy_of_virgin_birth.htm">If Jesus fulfilled all prophecy, why is there no clear Old Testament prediction of a virgin birth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_7_14_fit_with_science.htm">How does Isaiah 7:14 align with scientific understanding of conception, especially if it implies a virgin birth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_sam_20_5_with_ot_feasts.htm">How do we reconcile the timing of the New Moon feast in 1 Samuel 20:5 with other Old Testament passages referencing similar observances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_morning_star_in_the_bible.htm">Who is the morning star in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Your new moons and your appointed feasts</span>.--The latter word included the sabbaths (<a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm" title="Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; you shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.">Leviticus 23:3</a>). The words add nothing to what had been said before, but they come with all the emphasis of iteration.<p><span class= "bld">My soul.</span>--The words are in one sense anthropomorphic. With man the "soul" expresses the full intensity of life and consciousness, and so, in the language of the prophets, it does with God.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Your new moons.</span> (For the ceremonies to be observed at the opening of each month, see <a href="/numbers/28-11.htm">Numbers 28:11-15</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">Your appointed feasts.</span> The "appointed feasts" are the great festival-times - the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. They do not include the sabbath or the "new moon, "with which they are, both here and elsewhere (<a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm">1 Chronicles 23:31</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/31-3.htm">2 Chronicles 31:3</a>), contrasted. <span class="cmt_word">They are a trouble unto me;</span> literally, <span class="accented">an encumbrance</span> (see <a href="/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/1-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">hate</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂנְאָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(śā·nə·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your New Moons</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḏə·šê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your appointed feasts;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mō·w·‘ă·ḏê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have become</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a burden</span><br /><span class="heb">לָטֹ֑רַח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṭō·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2960.htm">Strong's 2960: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Me;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I am weary</span><br /><span class="heb">נִלְאֵ֖יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(nil·’ê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3811.htm">Strong's 3811: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tire, to be, disgusted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of bearing them.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשֹֽׂא׃</span> <span class="translit">(nə·śō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:14 My soul hates your New Moons (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>