Isaiah 1:12-17

The Wickedness of Judah

¹² "When you come to _b appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
_c New moon and Sabbath and the _d calling of convocations -
I cannot endure _e iniquity and _f solemn assembly.
¹⁴ Your _c new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you _g spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
_h even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
_i your hands are full of blood.
¹⁶ _j Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
_k cease to do evil,
¹⁷ learn to do good;
_l seek justice,
correct oppression;
_m bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 23:17
   Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.
   Exodus 34:23
   Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
   
2. Cross References
   Numbers 28:11
   At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord : two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish.
   1 Chronicles 23:31
   And whenever burnt offerings were offered to the Lord on Sabbaths, new moons, and feast days, according to the number required of them, regularly before the Lord.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 12:16
   On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.
   Leviticus 23:36
   For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:9 - 10
   Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known.
   
5. Cross References
   Joel 2:15 - 17
   Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:13
   Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations - I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Kings 8:22
   Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
   
8. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:28
   Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
   Micah 3:4
   Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
   
9. Cross References
   Isaiah 59:3
   For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
   
10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:22
    Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord God.
    
11. Cross References
    1 Peter 3:11
    Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
    
12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:3
    Thus says the Lord : Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
    
13. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:23
    Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
    James 1:27
    Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.