Isaiah
Isaiah 1:11–14
11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?”
says the LORD.
“I am full from the burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I take no delight in the blood of bulls
and lambs and goats.
12When you come to appear before Me,
who has required this of you—
this trampling of My courts?
13Bring your worthless offerings no more;
your incense is detestable to Me.
New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—
I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
14I hate your New Moons
and your appointed feasts.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Isaiah 1:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | לָמָּה־ | lām·māh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| to Me | לִּ֤י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| your multitude | רֹב־ | rōḇ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness |
| of sacrifices | זִבְחֵיכֶם֙ | ziḇ·ḥê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2077 sacrifice |
| says | יֹאמַ֣ר | yō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| I am full | שָׂבַ֛עְתִּי | śā·ḇa‘·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| from the burnt offerings | עֹל֥וֹת | ‘ō·lō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H5930 whole burnt-offering |
| of rams | אֵילִ֖ים | ’ê·lîm | Noun - masculine plural | H352 ram |
| and the fat | וְחֵ֣לֶב | wə·ḥê·leḇ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2459 fat |
| of well-fed cattle | מְרִיאִ֑ים | mə·rî·’îm | Noun - masculine plural | H4806 fatling, fatlings |
| I take no delight | חָפָֽצְתִּי׃ | ḥā·p̄ā·ṣə·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2654 delight in |
| in the blood | וְדַ֨ם | wə·ḏam | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1818 blood |
| of bulls | פָּרִ֧ים | pā·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H6499 young bull, steer |
| and lambs | וּכְבָשִׂ֛ים | ū·ḵə·ḇā·śîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H3532 lamb |
| and goats | וְעַתּוּדִ֖ים | wə·‘at·tū·ḏîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H6260 he-goat |
Isaiah 1:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you come | תָבֹ֔אוּ | ṯā·ḇō·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to appear | לֵרָא֖וֹת | lê·rā·’ō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | H7200 see |
| before Me | פָּנָ֑י | pā·nāy | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
| who | מִי־ | mî- | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has required | בִקֵּ֥שׁ | ḇiq·qêš | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1245 seek |
| this | זֹ֛את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| of you | מִיֶּדְכֶ֖ם | mî·yeḏ·ḵem | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H3027 hand |
| this trampling | רְמֹ֥ס | rə·mōs | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7429 trample |
| of My courts | חֲצֵרָֽי׃ | ḥă·ṣê·rāy | Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular | H2691 enclosure, court |
Isaiah 1:13
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring | הָבִיא֙ | hā·ḇî | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| your worthless | שָׁ֔וְא | šāw | Noun - masculine singular | H7723 emptiness, vanity |
| offerings | מִנְחַת־ | min·ḥaṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H4503 gift, tribute, offering |
| no | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| more | תוֹסִ֗יפוּ | ṯō·w·sî·p̄ū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3254 add |
| your incense | קְטֹ֧רֶת | qə·ṭō·reṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H7004 smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense |
| is detestable | תּוֹעֵבָ֛ה | tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8441 abomination |
| to Me | לִ֑י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| New Moons | חֹ֤דֶשׁ | ḥō·ḏeš | Noun - masculine singular | H2320 (newness), new moon, month |
| Sabbaths | וְשַׁבָּת֙ | wə·šab·bāṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular | H7676 Sabbath |
| and convocations | קְרֹ֣א | qə·rō | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| I cannot | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| endure | אוּכַ֥ל | ’ū·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure |
| iniquity | אָ֖וֶן | ’ā·wen | Noun - masculine singular | H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness |
| in a solemn assembly | וַעֲצָרָֽה׃ | wa·‘ă·ṣā·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H6116 assembly |
Isaiah 1:14
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | נַפְשִׁ֔י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| hate | שָׂנְאָ֣ה | śā·nə·’āh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H8130 hate |
| your New Moons | חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֤ם | ḥā·ḏə·šê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2320 (newness), new moon, month |
| and your appointed feasts | וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙ | ū·mō·w·‘ă·ḏê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4150 appointed time, place, meeting |
| They have become | הָי֥וּ | hā·yū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a burden | לָטֹ֑רַח | lā·ṭō·raḥ | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H2960 budren |
| to Me | עָלַ֖י | ‘ā·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H5921 height |
| I am weary | נִלְאֵ֖יתִי | nil·’ê·ṯî | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3811 be weary, impatient |
| of bearing them | נְשֹֽׂא׃ | nə·śō | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5375 lift, take, carry |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 1:11 1 Samuel 15:22 · Amos 5:21 · Jeremiah 6:20 · Isaiah 66:3 · Micah 6:7 · Malachi 1:10 · Matthew 9:13 · Proverbs 15:8 · Proverbs 21:27 · Psalm 50:8 · Psalm 51:16 · Jeremiah 7:21
Isaiah 1:12 Exodus 34:23 · Ecclesiastes 5:1 · Psalm 40:6 · Isaiah 58:1–2 · Exodus 23:17 · Micah 6:8 · Matthew 23:5
Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 66:3 · Malachi 1:10 · Matthew 15:9 · Ezekiel 20:39 · Lamentations 2:6 · Joel 2:15 · 1 Corinthians 11:17 · Deuteronomy 16:1–22 · Exodus 12:16 · 1 Chronicles 23:31 · Ephesians 4:30 · Joel 1:14
Isaiah 1:14 Amos 5:21 · Isaiah 43:24 · Isaiah 7:13 · Isaiah 61:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.