Verse 10
Oh that there were one among you that would shut{H5462} the doors,{H1817} that ye might not kindle{H215} [fire on] mine altar{H4196} in vain! I have no{H2600} pleasure{H2656} in you, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} neither will I accept{H7521} an offering{H4503} at your hand.{H3027}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 6:20 : 20 To what purpose cometh{H935} there to me frankincense{H3828} from Sheba,{H7614} and the sweet{H2896} cane{H7070} from a far{H4801} country?{H776} your burnt-offerings{H5930} are not acceptable,{H7522} nor your sacrifices{H2077} pleasing{H6149} unto me.
- Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore will I give{H5414} their wives{H802} unto others,{H312} and their fields{H7704} to them that shall possess{H3423} them: for every one from the least{H6996} even unto the greatest{H1419} is given{H1214} to covetousness;{H1215} from the prophet{H5030} even unto the priest{H3548} every one dealeth{H6213} falsely.{H8267}
- Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast,{H6684} I will not hear{H8085} their cry;{H7440} and when they offer{H5927} burnt-offering{H5930} and meal-offering,{H5930} I will not accept{H7521} them; but I will consume{H3615} them by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence.{H1698}
- Hos 5:6 : 6 They shall go{H3212} with their flocks{H6629} and with their herds{H1241} to seek{H1245} Jehovah;{H3068} but they shall not find{H4672} him: he hath withdrawn{H2502} himself from them.
- Amos 5:21-24 : 21 I hate,{H8130} I despise{H3988} your feasts,{H2282} and I will take no delight{H7306} in your solemn assemblies.{H6116} 22 Yea, though ye offer{H5927} me your burnt-offerings{H5930} and meal-offerings,{H4503} I will not accept{H7521} them; neither will I regard{H5027} the peace-offerings{H8002} of your fat beasts.{H4806} 23 Take thou away{H5493} from me the noise{H1995} of thy songs;{H7892} for I will not hear{H8085} the melody{H2172} of thy viols.{H5035} 24 But let justice{H4941} roll down{H1556} as waters,{H4325} and righteousness{H6666} as a mighty{H386} stream.{H5158}
- Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199} for reward,{H7810} and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384} for hire,{H4242} and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080} for money:{H3701} yet they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us.
- Isa 1:11-15 : 11 What{H4100} unto me is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices?{H2077} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} I have had enough{H7646} of the burnt-offerings{H5930} of rams,{H352} and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts;{H4806} and I delight{H2654} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks,{H6499} or of lambs,{H3532} or of he-goats.{H6260} 12 When ye come{H935} to appear{H7200} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245} this at your hand,{H3027} to trample{H7429} my courts?{H2691} 13 Bring{H935} no more{H3254} vain{H7723} oblations;{H4503} incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; new moon{H2320} and sabbath,{H7676} the calling{H7121} of assemblies,—{H4744} I cannot away with{H3201} iniquity{H205} and the solemn meeting.{H6116} 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth;{H8130} they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811} of bearing{H5375} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818}
- 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Tend{G4165} the flock{G4168} of God{G2316} which is among{G1722} you,{G5213} exercising the oversight,{G1983} not{G3361} of constraint,{G317} but{G235} willingly,{G1596} according to [the will of] God; nor{G3366} yet for filthy lucre,{G147} but{G235} of a ready mind;{G4290}
- Job 1:9-9 : 9 Then Satan{H7854} answered{H6030} Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} Doth Job{H347} fear{H3372} God{H430} for nought?{H2600} 10 Hast not thou made a hedge{H7753} about him, and about{H1157} his house,{H1004} and about all that he hath, on every side?{H5439} thou hast blessed{H1288} the work{H4639} of his hands,{H3027} and his substance{H4735} is increased{H6555} in the land.{H776} 11 But{H199} put forth{H7971} thy hand{H3027} now, and touch{H5060} all that he hath, and he will renounce{H1288} thee to thy face.{H6440}
- Isa 56:11-12 : 11 Yea, the dogs{H3611} are greedy,{H5794} they can{H3045} never have{H3045} enough;{H7654} and these are shepherds{H7462} that cannot understand:{H995} they have all turned{H6437} to their own way,{H1870} each one{H376} to his gain,{H1215} from every quarter.{H7097} 12 Come{H857} ye, [say they], I will fetch{H3947} wine,{H3196} and we will fill{H5433} ourselves with strong drink;{H7941} and to-morrow{H4279} shall be as this day,{H4279} [a day] great{H3966} beyond{H3499} measure.{H1419}
- John 10:12 : 12 He{G1161} that is a hireling,{G3411} and{G2532} not{G3756} a shepherd,{G4166} whose own{G2398} the sheep{G4263} are{G1526} not,{G3739} beholdeth{G2334} the wolf{G3074} coming,{G2064} and{G2532} leaveth{G863} the sheep,{G4263} and{G2532} fleeth,{G5343} and{G2532} the wolf{G3074} snatcheth{G726} them,{G846} and{G2532} scattereth{G4650} [them]:{G846}
- 1 Cor 9:13 : 13 Know{G1492} ye{G1492} not{G3756} that{G3754} they{G3588} that minister{G2038} about sacred things{G2413} eat{G2068} [of] the things of{G1537} the temple,{G2411} [and] they that wait{G4332} upon the altar{G2379} have their portion{G4829} with the altar?{G2379}
- Phil 2:21 : 21 For{G1063} they all{G3956} seek{G2212} their own,{G1438} not{G3756} the things of{G3588} Jesus{G2424} Christ.{G5547}
- Heb 10:38 : 38 But{G2532} my righteous{G1342} one shall live{G2198} by{G1537} faith:{G4102} And{G2532} if{G1437} he shrink back,{G5288} my{G3450} soul{G5590} hath{G2106} no{G3756} pleasure{G2106} in{G1722} him.{G846}
- Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least{H6996} of them even unto the greatest{H1419} of them every one is given{H1214} to covetousness;{H1215} and from the prophet{H5030} even unto the priest{H3548} every one dealeth{H6213} falsely.{H8267}