Isaiah 66:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Some people kill bulls as a sacrifice, but they also beat people. They kill sheep as a sacrifice, but they also break the necks of dogs. They offer up grain offerings, but they also offer the blood of pigs. They burn incense, but they also love their worthless idols. They choose their own ways, and they love their terrible idols.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings of the wicked, but he is happy to hear the prayers of those who live right.

Isaiah 66:17

The Lord says, “These are the people who wash themselves and make themselves pure so that they can go into their special gardens to worship their idols. They follow each other into the gardens to eat meat from pigs, rats, and other dirty things. But they will all be destroyed together.

Isaiah 65:12

But I decided what would happen to you: you will be killed with a sword. You will all be killed because I called to you, but you refused to answer me. I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You did what I said is evil and chose to do what I did not like.”

Leviticus 2:2

Then you must bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. One of them will take a handful of the fine flour with oil and frankincense in it. He will bring this part, which represents the whole grain offering, to the altar. There it will be burned up as a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord.

Proverbs 21:27

God hates sacrifices from the wicked, especially when their reason for offering them is evil.

Deuteronomy 23:18

The money earned by a prostitute, either a male or female, must not be brought to the special house of the Lord your God. That money cannot be used to pay for a gift that was promised to the Lord your God, because that kind of sin is disgusting to him.

Deuteronomy 14:8

And you must not eat pigs. Their hooves are divided, but they don’t chew the cud. So pigs are not a clean food for you. Don’t eat any meat from pigs. Don’t even touch a pig’s dead body.

Judges 10:14

You like worshiping those gods, so go call to them for help. Let them save you when you are in trouble.”

Isaiah 57:17

Israel’s evil greed made me angry, so I punished them. I turned away from them because I was angry. But they continued to do wrong. They did whatever they wanted.

Judges 5:8

“God chose new leaders to fight at the city gates. No one could find a shield or a spear among the 40,000 soldiers of Israel.

Isaiah 44:19

They don’t realize what they are doing. They aren’t smart enough to think, “I burned half of the wood in the fire. I used the hot coals to bake my bread and cook the meat I ate. And I used the wood that was left to make this terrible thing. I am worshiping a block of wood!”

Isaiah 65:2

“All day long I stood ready to accept those who turned against me. But they kept doing whatever they wanted to do, and all they did was wrong.

Jeremiah 6:20

“Why do you bring me incense from the country of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway country? Your burnt offerings don’t make me happy. Your sacrifices don’t please me.”

Judges 21:25

In those days the Israelites did not have a king, so everyone did whatever they thought was right.

Isaiah 53:6

We had all wandered away like sheep. We had gone our own way. And yet the Lord put all our guilt on him.

Haggai 2:14

Then Haggai said, “This is what the Lord God said: ‘This is also true for the people of this nation. They were not pure and holy before me. So anything they did with their hands and anything they offered at the altar became unclean.