Isaiah 43:23
Thou 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.
KJV
Non obtulisti mihi arietem holocausti tui, et victimis tuis non glorificasti me ; non te servire feci in oblatione, nec laborem tibi præbui in thure.
Vulgate
οὐκ ἐμοὶ πρόβατά σου τῆς ὁλοκαρπώσεώς σου, οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς θυσίαις σου ἐδόξασάς με, οὐδὲ ἔνκοπον ἐποίησά σε ἐν λιβάνῳ,
LXX
Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.
ASV
לֹֽא הֵבֵ֤יאתָ לִּ/י֙ שֵׂ֣ה עֹלֹתֶ֔י/ךָ וּ/זְבָחֶ֖י/ךָ לֹ֣א כִבַּדְתָּ֑/נִי לֹ֤א הֶעֱבַדְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ בְּ/מִנְחָ֔ה וְ/לֹ֥א הוֹגַעְתִּ֖י/ךָ בִּ/לְבוֹנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Proof that God did not appoint the Levitical dispensation for His own sake, or as requiring such service; for He does, in fact, need nothing from men. 1. Moreover, the prophets indicate in the fullest manner that God stood in no need of their slavish obedience, but that it was upon their own account that He enjoined certain observances in the law. And again, that God needed not…
Cross-references
- Acts 7:42 — Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of f
- Amos 5:25 — Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
- Jer 6:20 — To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
- Ps 50:9 — I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
- Zech 7:5 — 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?