Isaiah 43:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־הֵבֵ֤יאתָ לִּי֙ שֵׂ֣ה עֹלֹתֶ֔יךָ וּזְבָחֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א כִבַּדְתָּ֑נִי לֹ֤א הֶעֱבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ בְּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הוֹגַעְתִּ֖יךָ בִּלְבוֹנָֽה׃

Transliteration

Not hēbēʾtā to me the śēh of your ʿōlōtêkā, and your zəbāḥêkā not kibbadtānî; not heʿĕbadtîkā with minḥâ, and not hôgaʿtîkā with ləbônâ.

Grammar Details

*hēbēʾtā*: perfect, 2nd person masculine singular, Hiphil - you brought
*śēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - lamb of
*ʿōlōtêkā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your burnt offerings
*zəbāḥêkā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sacrifices
*kibbadtānî*: perfect, 2nd person masculine singular, Piel with 1st person singular suffix - you honored me
*heʿĕbadtîkā*: perfect, 1st person singular, Hiphil with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I made you serve
*minḥâ*: noun, feminine singular - grain offering
*hôgaʿtîkā*: perfect, 1st person singular, Hiphil with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I wearied you
*ləbônâ*: noun, feminine singular - frankincense

Word Meanings

*hēbēʾtā*: brought/carried/presented
*śēh*: lamb/sheep/member of flock
*ʿōlōtêkā*: your burnt offerings/your whole burnt sacrifices
*zəbāḥêkā*: your sacrifices/your offerings
*kibbadtānî*: honored me/glorified me/respected me
*heʿĕbadtîkā*: made you serve/burdened you with service
*minḥâ*: grain offering/meal offering/tribute
*hôgaʿtîkā*: wearied you/tired you/burdened you
*ləbônâ*: frankincense/incense

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Referenced Verses

Amos 5:25 : 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Zech 7:5-6 : 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Mal 1:6-8 : 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7 Ye 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. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 1:13-14 : 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Mal 3:8 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Lev 2:1 : 1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
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?
Isa 1:11-15 : 11 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. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
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.
Jer 7:22 : 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though 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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