Isaiah 1:13

Israel's Corrupt Religion

¹² “When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?
¹³ “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.
¹⁴ “I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.

Away with You

Grain Offering

It is I

New Moon

New Moons

Sabbath Day

Solemn Assembly

No

Sin

Isaiah 66:3

“But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,

1 Chronicles 23:31

and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord.

Joel 2:15

Blow a trumpet in Zion,
Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,

Exodus 12:16

On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.

Leviticus 23:1-44

The Lord spoke again to Moses, saying,

Numbers 28:1-29

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Deuteronomy 16:1-22

“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Psalm 78:40

How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

Jeremiah 7:9-10

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Lamentations 2:6

And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth;
He has destroyed His appointed meeting place.
The Lord has caused to be forgotten
The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,
And He has despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.

Ezekiel 20:39

“As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord God, “Go, serve everyone his idols; but later you will surely listen to Me, and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols.

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast,
Proclaim a solemn assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.

Malachi 1:10

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.

Matthew 15:9

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”

Luke 11:42

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

1 Corinthians 11:17

But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Ephesians 4:30

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Philippians 1:15

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;