Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 1:10-11

"Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats." — Isaiah 1:10-11 (ASV)

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

These people were a very religious people, although a very wicked people; and it is a strange thing that, when nations have become demoralized, and injustice reigns supreme at the same time, Ritualism and outward pomp and external religion come to the front.

This is a wretched business, to give to God the husks when the kernel has long ago gone. What cares the Lord for burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts... the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats, when men have left off doing that which is right in his sight? The Lord may well say to those who bring offerings to him under such circumstances, To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?