Isaiah 1:13
ContextNETBible | Do not bring any more meaningless 1 offerings; I consider your incense detestable! 2 You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations! 3 |
XREF | Le 23:1-44; Nu 28:1-29:40; De 16:1-22; Ps 78:40; Pr 21:27; Isa 66:3; La 2:6; Eze 20:39; Joe 1:14; Joe 2:15; Mal 1:10; Mt 15:9; Lu 11:42; 1Co 11:17; Eph 4:30; Php 1:15 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “worthless” (NASB, NCV, CEV); KJV, ASV “vain.” 2 sn Notice some of the other practices that Yahweh regards as “detestable”: homosexuality (Lev 18:22-30; 20:13), idolatry (Deut 7:25; 13:15), human sacrifice (Deut 12:31), eating ritually unclean animals (Deut 14:3-8), sacrificing defective animals (Deut 17:1), engaging in occult activities (Deut 18:9-14), and practicing ritual prostitution (1 Kgs 14:23). 3 tn Heb “sin and assembly” (these two nouns probably represent a hendiadys). The point is that their attempts at worship are unacceptable to God because the people’s everyday actions in the socio-economic realm prove they have no genuine devotion to God (see vv. 16-17). |