Isaiah 1:11
The Scripture
(11) To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Isaiah condemned a rebellious and sinful nation whose sacrifices and feasts had become detestable to the LORD amid their injustice, while calling them to wash themselves and make themselves clean. He promised that though their sins were as scarlet, they could become as white as snow if they were willing and obedient.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 66:3I Samuel 15:22Psalms 50:8Psalms 51:16Proverbs 15:8Proverbs 21:27Jeremiah 6:20Jeremiah 7:21Amos 5:21Micah 6:7Matthew 9:13
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