Isaiah 1:13 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Isaiah 1:15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "oblations", "vaine", "incense", "abomination", "vnto", "suffer", and "newe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "oblations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "When ye come to appeare before me..." into verse 14's "My soule hateth your newe moones and...", so "bring" and "oblations" 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 "bring" and "oblations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.