Isaiah 1:11
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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.“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
In other translations
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.“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Hebrew words
לָמָּה־lamah-<to> why?H4100לִּיlito meרֹב־rov-[the] multitude ofH7230זִבְחֵיכֶםzivcheikhemsacrifices yourH2077יֹאמַרyomarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068שָׂבַעְתִּיsava'tiI have been surfeitedH7646עֹלוֹתolotburnt offerings ofH5930אֵילִים'eilimramsH352וְחֵלֶבvechelevand [the] fat ofH2459מְרִיאִיםmeri'imfatlingsH4806וְדַםvedamand [the] blood ofH1818פָּרִיםparimbullsH6499וּכְבָשִׂיםukhevasimand lambsH3532וְעַתּוּדִיםve'atudimand goatsH6260לֹאlo'notH3808חָפָצְתִּי׃chafatzetiI am pleasedH2654
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.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.
- Amos 5:21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Jeremiah 6:20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.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.”
- 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.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.
- Micah 6:7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?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?
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- 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.“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.
- Psalm 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
- Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
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