Isaiah 1:11 (YLT)

Passage

`Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated <FI>with<Fi> burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:9 Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly--as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!

Isaiah 1:10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,

Isaiah 1:11 `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated <FI>with<Fi> burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.

Isaiah 1:12 When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?

Isaiah 1:13 Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity--and a restraint!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "abundance", "sacrifices", "saith", "jehovah", "been", "satiated", "burnt-offerings", and "rams". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "abundance" and "sacrifices", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Hear the word of Jehovah ye rulers..." into verse 12's "When ye come in to appear before...", so "abundance" and "sacrifices" 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 "abundance" and "sacrifices" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.