Isaiah 29:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jerusalem, city of David, the place of my altar, you are in for trouble! Celebrate your festivals year after year.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

Isaiah 29:9

Be shocked and stunned, you prophets! Refuse to see. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.

Isaiah 31:9

Their fortress will fall when terror strikes; their army officers will be frightened and run from the battle. This is what the LORD has said, the LORD whose fiery furnace is built on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 5:12

At your drinking parties you have the music of stringed instruments, tambourines, and flutes. But you never even think about all the LORD has done,

Isaiah 66:3

You sacrifice oxen to me, and you commit murder; you sacrifice lambs to me and dogs to other gods; you offer grain to me and pigs' blood to idols; you burn incense to me and praise your idols. You have made your own choice to do these disgusting things that you enjoy so much.

Jeremiah 7:21

The LORD told me to say to the people of Judah: I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, but I won't accept sacrifices from you. So don't even bother bringing them to me. You might as well just cook the meat for yourselves.

Hosea 5:6

You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.

Hosea 8:13

You sacrifice your best animals and eat the sacrificial meals, but I, the LORD, refuse your offerings. I will remember your sins and punish you. Then you will return to Egypt.

Hosea 9:4

You won't be able to offer sacrifices of wine to the LORD. None of your sacrifices will please him— they will be unclean like food offered to the dead. Your food will only be used to satisfy your hunger; none of it will be brought to the LORD's temple.

Leviticus 23:4

Passover is another time when you must come together to worship me, and it must be celebrated on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month of each year.

Hebrews 10:1

The Law of Moses is like a shadow of the good things to come. This shadow isn't the good things themselves, because it cannot free people from sin by the sacrifices that are offered year after year.