Isaiah 43:23

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Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought Me your sheep for burnt offerings
or honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings
or wearied you with incense.

Amos 5:25

“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?

Zechariah 7:5-6

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?

Leviticus 2:1

“When anyone presents a grain offering as a gift to the Lord, his gift must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Isaiah 1:11-15

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.

Jeremiah 7:22

for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.

Amos 5:21-22

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

Malachi 1:6-8

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

Malachi 1:13-14

You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn it,” says the Lord of Hosts. “You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.

Malachi 3:8

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Matthew 11:30

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Isaiah 43:23

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

Hast not

Amos 5:25

Malachi 1:13

Malachi 3:8

Honoured

Matthew 11:30

General references

Psalm 50:9

Amos 5:25

Bible References

Hast not

“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?

You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn it,”

says the Lord of Hosts. “You bring stolen,

lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Honoured

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

General references

I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,

“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?