Isaiah 43:23

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

Thou hast not brought {H935} me the small cattle {H7716} of thy burnt offerings {H5930}; neither hast thou honoured {H3513} me with thy sacrifices {H2077}. I have not caused thee to serve {H5647} with an offering {H4503}, nor wearied {H3021} thee with incense {H3828}.

You have not brought me sheep for your burnt offerings, you have not honored me with your sacrifices. I didn't burden you by requiring grain offerings. or weary you by demanding frankincense.

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 5:25 (8 votes)

    Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

  • Zechariah 7:5 (4 votes)

    Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?

  • Zechariah 7:6 (4 votes)

    And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?

  • Amos 5:21 (2 votes)

    ¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

  • Amos 5:22 (2 votes)

    Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

  • Proverbs 21:27 (2 votes)

    ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

  • Isaiah 66:3 (2 votes)

    He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine's blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.