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Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings. <a href="/esv/isaiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and Sabbath, the proclamation of an assembly— I cannot endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of convocation— I cannot endure wickedness and the solemn assembly. <a href="/amp/isaiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Do not bring worthless offerings again, [Your] incense is repulsive to Me; [Your] New Moon and Sabbath [observances], the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] and [the squalor of] the festive assembly. <a href="/csb/isaiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/isaiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your sacrifices are worthless, and your incense disgusting. I can't stand the evil you do on your New Moon Festivals or on your Sabbaths and other times of worship. <a href="/erv/isaiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't bring any more worthless grain offerings. Your incense is disgusting to me, so are your New Moon Festivals, your days of worship, and the assemblies you call. I can't stand your evil assemblies. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins. <a href="/isv/isaiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Stop bringing useless offerings! Incense is detestable to me, as are your New Moons, Sabbaths, and calling of convocations. I cannot stand iniquity within a solemn assembly. <a href="/msb/isaiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/isaiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations! <a href="/nheb/isaiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. <a href="/web/isaiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Do not add to bring in a vain present, "" Incense—it [is] an abomination to Me, "" New moon, and Sabbath, calling of convocation! Do not render iniquity—and a restraint! <a href="/ylt/isaiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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! <a href="/slt/isaiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Ye shall not add to bring gifts of iniquity; incense, this an abomination to me; the new moon and the Sabbath, the calling of the assembly; I shall not be able to bear vanity and restraining.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination tome. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You should no longer offer sacrifice vain. Incense is an abomination to me. The new moons and the Sabbaths and the other feast days, I will not receive. Your gatherings are iniquitous. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Trample my courts no more! To bring offerings is useless; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, calling assemblies— festive convocations with wickedness— these I cannot bear. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and calling of convocation— I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Bring no more vain offerings to me; their savour is an abomination to me; in the new moons and sabbaths, you call an assembly; I do not eat that which is obtained wrongfully, and taken by force. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You shall not continue to bring to me worthless savor offerings. It is disgusting to me. At the first of the months and on the Sabbath you assemble an assembly. I will not eat something from depravity or from a siege.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Bring no more vain oblations; It is an offering of abomination unto Me; New moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly. <a href="/sep/isaiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day; <a href="/parallel/isaiah/1-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=146" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Meaningless Offerings</a> …12When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? 13<a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm" title="7723: šāw (N-ms) -- Or shav; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil, literally or morally; figuratively idolatry, uselessness.">your worthless</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥaṯ- (N-fsc) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: ṯō·w·sî·p̄ū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">more;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7004.htm" title="7004: qə·ṭō·reṯ (N-fs) -- Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense. From qatar; a fumigation.">your incense</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">is detestable</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to Me—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ḥō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">your New Moons,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: wə·šab·bāṯ (Conj-w:: N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">Sabbaths,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qə·rō (V-Qal-Inf) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and convocations.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4744.htm" title="4744: miq·rā (N-ms) -- A convocation, convoking, reading. From qara'; something called out, i.e. A public meeting; also a rehearsal."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ’ū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally.">endure</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/6116.htm" title="6116: wa·‘ă·ṣā·rāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- An assembly. Or matsereth; from atsar; an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday.">in a solemn assembly.</a> 14I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-23</a> “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a> 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? <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a> ‘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.’” <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a> 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.’ <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a> For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a> 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.” <a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a> For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. <a href="/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27</a> The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent! <a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a> “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. <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> 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. <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a> And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols. <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Zechariah 7:5-6</a> “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? / And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.vain<a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a> As 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.<a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a> Who 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.<a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9</a> But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.incense<a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a> He 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.<a href="/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27</a> The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?the new<a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">Leviticus 23:1</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,<a href="/numbers/28-1.htm">Numbers 28:1</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,<a href="/numbers/29-1.htm">Numbers 29:1</a> And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.it is<a href="/1_corinthians/11-17.htm">1 Corinthians 11:17</a> Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.<a href="/philippians/1-15.htm">Philippians 1:15</a> Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:iniquity.<a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40</a> How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!<a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a> And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/29-27.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-11.htm">Assemblies</a> <a href="/songs/6-6.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Convocations</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-27.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/songs/3-8.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/songs/4-14.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm">Meaningless</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/songs/6-10.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Moons</a> <a href="/songs/7-13.htm">New</a> <a href="/psalms/20-3.htm">Oblations</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/songs/3-6.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/psalms/92-3.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-9.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-8.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/41-24.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Assemblies</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-2.htm">Convocations</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-22.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-8.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Meaningless</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Moons</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">New</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-30.htm">Oblations</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 1</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion</a> 5. <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">He laments her judgments</a> 10. <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">He upbraids their whole service</a> 16. <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments</a> 25. <a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">He promises grace</a> 28. <a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">And threatens destruction to the wicked</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, offerings were a central part of worship and covenant relationship with God. However, God is expressing His displeasure with the people's offerings because they have become mere rituals devoid of genuine faith and obedience. This echoes the sentiment found in <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, where obedience is valued over sacrifice. The offerings are deemed "worthless" because they are not accompanied by a heart of repentance and righteousness.your incense is detestable to Me. Incense was used in the temple as a symbol of prayers ascending to God (<a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a>). However, when offered by those living in sin, it becomes detestable. This reflects the principle that God desires purity and sincerity in worship, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a>, where the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. The detestability of the incense signifies God's rejection of insincere worship.New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— These were significant religious observances in Israel's calendar, meant for rest, worship, and remembrance of God's covenant. The New Moon marked the beginning of the month, the Sabbath was a weekly day of rest, and convocations were special gatherings for worship. Despite their importance, God criticizes these observances because they have become hollow rituals. This critique is similar to that in <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-23</a>, where God rejects feasts and assemblies that lack justice and righteousness.I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. God's inability to endure iniquity during sacred gatherings highlights the incompatibility of sin with true worship. The solemn assembly, intended for holy purposes, is corrupted by the presence of iniquity. This reflects the broader biblical theme that God seeks worshipers who worship in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>). The presence of iniquity in worship is a recurring issue addressed by prophets, emphasizing the need for genuine repentance and moral integrity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. It was the primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies. 3. <a href="/topical/s/solemn_assemblies.htm">Solemn Assemblies</a> These were sacred gatherings commanded by God in the Law of Moses, including festivals and Sabbaths, meant for worship and reflection. 4. <a href="/topical/o/offerings_and_incense.htm">Offerings and Incense</a> Rituals prescribed in the Mosaic Law for worship and atonement. In this context, they have become empty rituals due to the people's hypocrisy. 5. <a href="/topical/n/new_moons_and_sabbaths.htm">New Moons and Sabbaths</a> Regular observances in the Jewish calendar, intended as times of rest and worship, which had become mere formalities devoid of true devotion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/true_worship_vs._empty_rituals.htm">True Worship vs. Empty Rituals</a> God desires sincere worship from the heart rather than mere external compliance with religious rituals. Our worship should reflect a genuine relationship with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Danger of Hypocrisy</a> Engaging in religious activities while living in sin is detestable to God. We must examine our lives to ensure our actions align with our professed beliefs. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Isaiah's message is a call to repentance. We must turn away from sin and seek to live in accordance with God's will, allowing our worship to be a true reflection of our faith. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_everyday_life.htm">Holiness in Everyday Life</a> Observances like the Sabbath and other religious gatherings should lead to a lifestyle of holiness, not just isolated acts of piety. <a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_justice_and_righteousness.htm">God's Desire for Justice and Righteousness</a> Our religious practices should lead us to pursue justice and righteousness in our communities, reflecting God's character in our interactions with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 1</a> <a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_1_13-15_reject_sacrifices.htm">How could Isaiah 1:13–15 condemn divinely commanded sacrifices (see Leviticus) without contradicting earlier instructions for worship? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_religion_and_spirituality_differ.htm">How do religion and spirituality differ?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_stance_on_organized_religion.htm">What is the Bible's view on organized religion?</a> <a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned 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>(13) Bring no more vain oblations.--These were of the minchah class, the "meat-offerings," or, more properly, meal-offerings of <a href="/context/leviticus/7-9.htm" title="And all the meat offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offers it.">Leviticus 7:9-12</a>. This, with its symbolic accompaniment of incense (<a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm" title="He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.">Isaiah 66:3</a>), was the characteristic feature of the thank-offerings and peace-offerings.Incense is an abomination.--The Hebrew word is not that usually translated "incense," and is found in <a href="/psalms/66-15.htm" title="I will offer to you burnt sacrifices of fatted calves, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.">Psalm 66:15</a> ("incense," or sweet smoke, "of rams"), in connection with animal sacrifice. There does not appear, however, any adequate reason why we should take the minchah in any but its usual sense of meal-offering. The prophet brings together all the chief ritual phrases without an elaborate attention to the details connected with them.The new moons and sabbaths . . .--The classification agrees with that of <a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm" title="Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.">2Chronicles 8:13</a> : sabbaths, new moons, and solemn feasts." (Comp. <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm" title="I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.">Hosea 2:11</a>). The term "convocation," or "assembly," was specially applied to the Passover, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles (<a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm" title="In the first day you shall have an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein.">Leviticus 23:7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm" title="And you shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.">Leviticus 23:21</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm" title="Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation to you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.">Leviticus 23:27</a>). The religious revival under Hezekiah brought all these into a fresh prominence (<a href="/2_chronicles/31-3.htm" title="He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.">2Chronicles 31:3</a>). In <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm" title=" Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:">Colossians 2:16</a> they appear together as belonging to the Judaising Essene Christians of the apostolic age. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Bring no more vain oblations. The command is net "Bring no more oblations, "as though the daily oblation was to cease; but "bring no more oblations that are vain ones, "i.e. empty and unreal - mere forms, without the proper corresponding spirit. The "oblation" spoken of is the minchah, or "meat offering," cf. <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Leviticus 2:1-11</a>; <a href="/numbers/28-12.htm">Numbers 28:12-31</a>, which was a cake of fine flour mingled with oil, and generally had incense joined with it, which explains the nexus of this clause with the following one. Incense is an abomination unto me. God had commanded the use of incense in worship, as he had commanded burnt offerings and oblations (<a href="/exodus/30-1.htm">Exodus 30:1-8, 34-38</a>; <a href="/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12, 13</a>). But incense symbolized prayer (<a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a>); and if no heartfelt prayer accompanied its use, it was emptied of all its significance, and became hateful to God - a mere form, and consequently an "abomination." The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with. The weekly festival of the sabbath, the monthly one of the "new moon, "and the annual "assemblies" or "solemn feasts" (<a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm">2 Chronicles 8:13</a>), were the main occasions of Jewish worship. As at this time conducted, God could endure none of them; all were tainted with the prevalent unreality. The construction of the passage is highly rhetorical, and indicates great excitement of feeling. Kay translates it literally, "New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, I cannot - it is ungodliness - even the solemn meeting." The authors of the Revised Version also suppose an aposiopesis. The solemn meeting. The word thus translated is applied only to particular days in the great festival seasons, as to the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles (<a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36</a>; <a href="/numbers/29-35.htm">Numbers 29:35</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a>), and the seventh day of the Passover (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-8.htm">Deuteronomy 16:8</a>), or else to days specially appointed for religious services by civil authority (<a href="/2_kings/10-20.htm">2 Kings 10:20</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/7-9.htm">2 Chronicles 7:9</a>; <a href="/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14</a>; <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Joel 2:15</a>). The meaning thus is, that even the very highest 'occasions of religious worship were abused by the Israelites of the time, and made an offence to God. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/1-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Bring הָבִיא֙ (hā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go your worthless שָׁ֔וְא (šāw) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7723.htm">Strong's 7723: </a> Evil, idolatry, uselessness offerings מִנְחַת־ (min·ḥaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering no לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no more; תוֹסִ֗יפוּ (ṯō·w·sî·p̄ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> To add, augment your incense קְטֹ֧רֶת (qə·ṭō·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7004.htm">Strong's 7004: </a> Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense is detestable תּוֹעֵבָ֛ה (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol to Me— לִ֑י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> [your] New Moons, חֹ֤דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month Sabbaths, וְשַׁבָּת֙ (wə·šab·bāṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath and convocations— קְרֹ֣א (qə·rō) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read I cannot לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no endure אוּכַ֥ל (’ū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> To be able, have power iniquity אָ֖וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol in a solemn assembly. וַעֲצָרָֽה׃ (wa·‘ă·ṣā·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6116.htm">Strong's 6116: </a> An assembly, on a, festival, holiday <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:13 Bring no more vain offerings (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/1-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:14" /></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>