Isaiah 1:13

God rejects their offerings, incense, and sacred assemblies as worthless and even sinful. Religious observance combined with iniquity is an abomination to Him.

Cross-references · 19

• Isa 66:3He 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.
• Mal 1:10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
• Matt 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
• Ezek 20:39As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
• Lam 2:6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
• Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
• Ps 78:40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
• 1 Cor 11:17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
• Eph 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
• Exod 12:16And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
• Lev 23:1–44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
• 1 Chr 23:31And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
• Jer 7:9–10Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• Prov 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
• Joel 1:14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
• Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
• Deut 16:1–22Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
• Num 28:1–29And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
• Phil 1:15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

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