Isaiah 57:12 Cross References - Ottley

¹² And I declare my righteousness, and thy evil deeds; which shall not profit thee.

¹¹ What is the abundance of your sacrifices to me? saith the Lord: I am full of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and of goats I desire not, ¹² Not even if ye come to appear before me. For who hath demanded this of your hands? ‘Tread my court ¹³ Ye shall not, any more; if ye bring me fine flour, it is vain; incense, it is an abomination to me; your new moons, and the sabbaths, and a great day, I cannot bear: fasting and idleness, ¹⁴ And your new moons, and your feasts, my soul hateth; ye are become to me a surfeit! no longer will I let your sins be. ¹⁵ When ye stretch out your hands toward me, I will turn away mine eyes from you; and if ye multiply your petition, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.

¹⁵ Ah, they that take counsel deeply, and not through the Lord; ah, they that take counsel in secret, and their works shall be in darkness, and they shall say, Who hath seen us? and who shall find us out, or what we do?

² They will seek me day by day, and desire to know my ways: as a people that hath practised the righteousness of God, and hath not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask of me now righteous judgment, and desire to draw near to God, ³ Saying, Why is it that we have fasted, and thou sawest not? humbled our souls, and thou perceivedst not? for in the days of your fast ye find your desires, and vex all those subject unto you. ⁴ Ye fast for quarrels and strife, and smite a humble man with fists; wherefore fast ye before me as to-day, for your voice to be heard in clamour? ⁵ This is not the fast that I choose, and a day for a man to humble his soul; not even if thou bend thy neck like a ring, and spread sackcloth and ashes under thee, not even so shall ye call it an acceptable fast. ⁶ Not such a fast as this do I choose, saith the Lord; but loose every bond of iniquity, unloose the knots of oppressive compacts, send forth the broken in forgiveness and tear asunder every unjust writing:

⁶ Their web shall not be for a garment; nor shall they be clothed with their works; for their works are works of transgression. ⁷ And their feet run after wickedness, swift to shed blood, and their reasonings (are) the reasonings of fools; destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, ⁸ And a way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their ways; for the paths which they travel are perverted, and they know not peace.

⁵ For he will meet them that do righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways. Behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: therefore we strayed,

³ But the transgressor, who sacrificeth to me a bullock, is as one that slayeth a dog, and he that offereth fine flour as though it were swine's blood; he that giveth frankincense for a memorial, as a blasphemer; and they chose their own ways, and their abominations, which their soul desired. ⁴ And I will choose their mockeries, and requite unto them their sins: for I called them, and they hearkened not unto me; I spake, and they heard not: and they did that which was wicked before me, and chose out things which I willed not.