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12 “When you come to present yourselves in my presence,[a]
    who has required you
        to trample on my courts?
13 Stop bringing useless offerings!
    Incense is detestable to me,
as are your New Moons, Sabbaths, and calling of convocations.
    I cannot stand iniquity within[b] a solemn assembly.
14 As for your New Moons and your appointed festivals,
    I abhor[c] them.
They’ve become a burden to me;
    I’ve grown weary of carrying that burden.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:12 Lit. come for my face to appear
  2. Isaiah 1:13 Lit. and
  3. Isaiah 1:14 Lit. festivals, my soul abhors
  4. Isaiah 1:14 Lit. carrying them

12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,(A)
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(B)
    Your incense(C) is detestable(D) to me.
New Moons,(E) Sabbaths and convocations(F)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(G) feasts and your appointed festivals(H)
    I hate with all my being.(I)
They have become a burden to me;(J)
    I am weary(K) of bearing them.

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