Isaiah 1:11

Translations

Modern

“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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

“What to Me is the multitude of your sacrifices?” Says YHWH. “I have had my fill of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of well-fed cattle, and in the blood of bulls and lambs and he-goats I take no delight.

Latin

Quo mihi multitudinem victimarum vestrarum? dicit Dominus. Plenus sum: holocausta arietum, et adipem pinguium, et sanguinem vitulorum et agnorum et hircorum, nolui.

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Hebrew

English

“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.

Notes

Isaiah 1:11–15

The people had sinned so much that God no longer found joy in their sacrifices. The Lord wanted Judah to stop the religious practices he had commanded them to do rather than to continue them in a manner that was sinful and false (Isaiah 1:13). Ceremony cannot replace true godliness.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Religious Hypocrisy Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 15:22
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 5:21
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
Jeremiah 6:20
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 66:3
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 6:7
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?
Malachi 1:10
“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.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Psalm 50:8
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Psalm 51:16
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Jeremiah 7:21
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

Glossary

Ark of the Covenant Courts and Trials Hosea, Book of Isaiah (Person) Isaiah, Book of Sabbath Wrath of God

Topics

Animal Cruelty Church: Backslidden Formalism: General Scriptures Concerning Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Hypocrites: Worship of, not Acceptable to God National Sins: Defile: National Worship National Sins: National Worship Rejected on Account of Offerings: Useless when not Accompanied by Genuine Piety Ordinance: Insufficiency of, for Salvation Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Sacrifices: Generally the Best of Their Kind Sacrifices: The Jews: Unaccepted In, on Account of Sin The Burnt offering of the Wicked, not Accepted by God The Lamb: Offered in Sacrifice by the Wicked not Accepted Wicked (People): Worship of, offensive to God Worship: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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