Isaiah 1:12 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Isaiah 1:14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "appeare", "before", "required", "hands", "tread", and "courts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "appeare", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "What haue I to doe with the..." into verse 13's "Bring no more oblations in vaine incense...", so "come" and "appeare" 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 "come" and "appeare" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.