I hate, I despise your feasts - Israel clung to its heart’s sin, the worship of the true God under the idol-form of the calf; other…

These verses closely resemble the condemnation that Isaiah pronounces (Amos 1:10–15) upon mere ritual, however meticulous, and mere pro…

See how God speaks about public worship and formal sacrifices when the heart is not right with him. When the moral conduct of the offerer is wrong,…

Here the Prophet, anticipating an objection, shows that the Israelites deceived themselves, because they believed that God was pacified by their sa…

I hate, I despise your feast days Kimchi thinks this is said, and what follows, with respect to the kingdom of the house …

Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord's judgments, who wish for times of war and confusion—like some who long for changes, hoping to rise on …