23Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? …
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? …
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-28)This charge (and a high charge it is which is here exhibited against Jacob and Israel, God’s professing people) comes in here, 1. To clear God’s justice in bringing them into captivity, and to vindicate that. Were they not in covenant with him? Had they not his sanctuary among them? Why then did the Lord deal thus with his land ? Deut. 29:24. Here is a good reason given: they had neglected God and…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.