Isaiah 1:11 (GNV)

Passage

What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:9 Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah.

Isaiah 1:10 Heare the worde of the Lord, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah.

Isaiah 1:11 What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.

Isaiah 1:12 When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

Isaiah 1:13 Bring no more oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "multitude", "sacrifices", "sayth", "lord", "full", "burnt", and "offerings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "multitude", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Heare the worde of the Lord O..." into verse 12's "When ye come to appeare before me...", so "haue" and "multitude" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "haue" and "multitude" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.