Lord, you made me understand this: {\cf2\super [250]} \par You don’t really want\par sacrifices {\cf2\super [251]} and grain offerings.\par You don’t really want\par burnt offerings and sin offerings.\par
Isaiah 1:12 - Easy To Read Version “When you people come to meet with me, you trample (walk on) everything in my yard. Who told you to do this? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When you come to appear before Me, who requires of you that your [unholy feet] trample My courts? American Standard Version (1901) When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Common English Bible When you come to appear before me, who asked this from you, this trampling of my temple’s courts? Catholic Public Domain Version When you approach before my sight, who is it that requires these things from your hands, so that you would walk in my courts? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts? |
Lord, you made me understand this: {\cf2\super [250]} \par You don’t really want\par sacrifices {\cf2\super [251]} and grain offerings.\par You don’t really want\par burnt offerings and sin offerings.\par
“So three times each year all the men will come {to the special place} to be with the Lord your Master.
“Three times each year all your men must go to be with the Master, the Lord, the God of Israel.
Be very careful when you go to worship God. It is better to listen \{to God\} than to give sacrifices {\cf2\super [23]} like foolish people. Foolish people often do bad things, and they don’t even know it.
This temple {\cf2\super [58]} is called by my name! Is this temple nothing more to you than a hideout for robbers? I have been watching you.’” This message is from the Lord.
Man, the Lord told you what goodness is.\par This is what the Lord wants from you:\par Be fair to other people.\par Love kindness and loyalty.\par Live humbly with your God.\par \{Don’t try to impress him with gifts.\}\par
“Tell the priests and the other people in this country these things: For seventy years you fasted and showed your sadness in the fifth month and in the seventh month. But was that fasting really for me? No!
“The only reason they do good things is for other people to see them. They wear special boxes {\cf2\super [328]} full of Scriptures. {\cf2\super [329]} They make these boxes bigger and bigger. And they make their special prayer clothes very long \{so that people will see them\}.
“Three times a year all your men must come to meet with the Lord your God at the special place he will choose. They must come for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. Every person that comes to meet with the Lord must bring a gift.