Isaiah 1:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Stop bringing useless offerings. Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies   – I cannot stand iniquity  with a festival.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:3

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.

Malachi 1:10

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.

Matthew 15:9

They worship me in vain, eaching as doctrines human commands.’   ,

Ezekiel 20:39

‘ “As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterwards you will surely listen to me, and you will no longer defile my holy name with your gifts and idols.

Luke 11:42

‘But woe   to you Pharisees! You give a tenth   , of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass   justice   and love for God.   , These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Joel 2:15

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion! Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly.

Lamentations 2:6

He has wrecked his temple as if it were merely a shack in a field, destroying his place of meeting. The Lord has abolished appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion. He has despised king and priest in his fierce anger.

Ephesians 4:30

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit.  You were sealed by him  for the day of redemption.

1 Corinthians 11:17

Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Joel 1:14

Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land at the house of the  Lord your God, and cry out to the  Lord.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable  – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

1 Chronicles 23:31

Whenever burnt offerings are offered to the Lord on the Sabbaths, New Moons,  and appointed festivals, they are to offer them regularly in the Lord’s presence according to the number prescribed for them.

Exodus 12:16

You are to hold a sacred assembly  on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat #– #you may do only that.

Philippians 1:15

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry,  but others out of good will.

Numbers 10:2

‘Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community  and have the camps set out.

Isaiah 66:23

All humanity will come to worship me from one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another,’ says the Lord.

Hosea 2:11

I will put an end to all her celebrations: her feasts,  New Moons,  and Sabbaths – all her festivals.

Leviticus 26:31

I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

2 Kings 4:23

But he said, ‘Why go to him today? It’s not a New Moon or a Sabbath.’ She replied, ‘It’s all right.’

Proverbs 7:14

‘I’ve made fellowship offerings; today I’ve fulfilled my vows.