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Isaiah 1:10-13

King James Version (KJV)

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10. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11. To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13. Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Isaiah 1:10-13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 1:10

Theological / Devotional

Ye rulers of Sodom. The title “Sodom,” here figuratively applied to Judah in view of the fact that similar conditions now prevailed there, stands as a terrible indictment of the nation that professed to rule in the name of God. The rulers of the country had strayed so far from the Lord that, in policy and practice, they differed but little from the rulers of the most sinful nations on earth. Accordingly, a most solemn summons was now addressed to them, a message from God that involved the doom of the entire nation unless it repented.

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