Isaiah 1:11

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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.

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  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
  • Jer 6:20 : 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
  • Amos 5:21 : 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
  • Mic 6:7 : 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  • Ps 51:16 : 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Jer 7:21 : 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

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    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

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    21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

    22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

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    16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

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    21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

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    10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

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    7Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

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    6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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    6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

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    13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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    19And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

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    4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

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    36But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

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