Isaiah 1:12
“As for the burdensome sacrifices and the troublesome scrupulousness of their ceremonies and oblations, no one should blame the Jews, as if God specially required them for himself.… But he should see in those sacrifices a careful provision on God's part, which showed his wish to bind to his own religion a people who we…”
Source: Septuagint
12neither shall ye come with these to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? Ye shall no more tread my court.
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10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrah.
11Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
— Isaiah 1:12 —
13Though 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;
14your fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: ye have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins.