Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and bthe calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
I will hide My eyes from you;
bEven though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of1 blood.
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
bCease to do evil,
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
bThey shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
You shall be devoured by the sword”;
aFor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
The Degenerate City
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now bmurderers.
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Isaiah 1:14
Your appointed feasts - That is, your assemblies convened on regular set times - mô‛êd , from yâ‛ad , to fix, to appoint. Hengstenberg (Chris. iii. p. 87) has shown that this word ( mô‛ĕdı̂ym ) is applied in the Scriptures only to the sabbath, passover, pentecost, day of atonement, and feast of tabernacles. Prof. Alexander, in loc . It is applied to those festivals, because they were fixed by law to certain periods of the year. This verse is a very impressive repetition of the former, as if the soul was full of the subject, and disposed to dwell upon it.
My soul hateth - I hate. Psalms 11:5. The nouns ׁ nephesh , soul, and ּ rûach , spirit, are often used to denote the person himself, and are to be construed as "I." Thus, Isaiah 26:9 : ' With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early;' that is, ' I myself seek thee; I myself do desire thee.' So the phrase, ' deliver my soul,' - ׁ naphe shı̂y - that is, deliver me, Psalms 22:20; Psalms 84:3; Psalms 86:13-14; that thy soul may bless me, Genesis 27:19; his soul shall dwell at ease, Psalms 25:13; compare Numbers 11:6; Leviticus 16:29; Isaiah 55:2-3; Job 16:4. So the word spirit: ' Thy watchfulness hath preserved my spirit' - ּ rûchı̂y - Job 10:12; compare Psalms 31:6; I Kings 21:5. The expression here is emphatic, denoting cordial hatred: odi ex animo.
They are a trouble - ṭôrach . In Deuteronomy 1:12, this word denotes a burden, an oppressive lead that produces weariness in bearing it. It is a strong expression, denoting that their acts of hypocrisy and sin had become so numerous, that they became a heavy, oppressive lead.
I am weary to bear them - This is language which is taken from the act of carrying a burden until a man becomes weary and faint. So, in accordance with human conceptions, God represents himself as burdened with their vain oblations, and evil conduct. There could be no more impressive statement of the evil effects of sin, than that even Omnipotence was exhausted as with a heavy, oppressive burden.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 1:14:
Job 37:11
Psalms 40:6
Psalms 50:14
Isaiah 1:6
Isaiah 1:24
Isaiah 7:13
Isaiah 43:24
Isaiah 66:3
Isaiah 66:23
Hosea 5:6
Amos 5:23
Amos 6:8
Zephaniah 1:7
Haggai 1:1
Malachi 2:17
John 9:31
Acts 10:4
Romans 2:3
Romans 2:29
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