Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth, &c.] The Targum is,
``my Word abhorreth;''
the Messiah, the essential Word. These are the same as before. They are a trouble unto me; as they were kept and observed, either when they should not, or in a manner unbecoming: I am weary to bear [them]; because of the sins with which they made him to serve, ( Isaiah 43:24 ) .
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When you come to appear before Me, who hath required this from your hand, to tread My courts?
13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto Me. The new moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure. It is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14
Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth; they are a trouble unto Me, I am weary of bearing them.
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And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
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Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes. Cease to do evil,