Isaiah 1:13
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Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.

vain

Ezekiel 20:39 And as for you, O house of Israel: thus saith the Lord God: Walk ye every one after your idols, and serve them. But if in this also you hear me not, but defile my holy name any more with your gifts, and with your idols;

Malachi 1:10 Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

Matthew 15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

Luke 11:42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

incense

Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.

the new

Leviticus 23:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 28:1 The Lord also said to Moses:

Numbers 29:1 The first day also of the seventh month shall be venerable and holy unto you; you shall do no servile work therein, because it is the day of the sounding and of trumpets.

Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.

Lamentations 2:6 Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath thrown down his tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Sion: and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach, and to the indignation of his wrath.

Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly, gather together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God: and cry ye to the Lord:

Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,

it is

1 Corinthians 11:17 Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

Philippians 1:15 Some indeed, even out of envy and contention: but some also for good will preach Christ.

iniquity.

Psalm 78:40 How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Context
Meaningless Offerings
12When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts? 13Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.14My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.…
Cross References
Exodus 12:16
The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be kept with the like solemnity: you shall do no work in them, except those things that belong to eating.

Numbers 10:2
Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed.

1 Chronicles 23:31
As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.

Isaiah 66:3
He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Isaiah 66:23
And there shall be month after month, and sabbath after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:9
To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.

Jeremiah 7:10
And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.

Ezekiel 20:39
And as for you, O house of Israel: thus saith the Lord God: Walk ye every one after your idols, and serve them. But if in this also you hear me not, but defile my holy name any more with your gifts, and with your idols;

Hosea 2:11
And I will cause all her mirth to cease, her solemnities, her new moons, her sabbaths, and all her festival times.

Malachi 1:10
Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

Lexicon
Bring
הָבִיא֙ (hā·ḇî)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

your worthless
שָׁ֔וְא (šāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

offerings
מִנְחַת־ (min·ḥaṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

no
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

more;
תוֹסִ֗יפוּ (ṯō·w·sî·p̄ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

your incense
קְטֹ֧רֶת (qə·ṭō·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7004: Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense

is detestable
תּוֹעֵבָ֛ה (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

to Me—
לִ֑י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

[your] New Moons,
חֹ֤דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

Sabbaths,
וְשַׁבָּת֙ (wə·šab·bāṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

and convocations—
קְרֹ֣א (qə·rō)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

I cannot
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

endure
אוּכַ֥ל (’ū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power

iniquity
אָ֖וֶן (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

in a solemn assembly.
וַעֲצָרָֽה׃ (wa·‘ă·ṣā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6116: An assembly, on a, festival, holiday


Additional Translations
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me—your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;

Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, -- new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations -- wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,--I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.

Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!
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