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When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
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God Questions the Worshipper
Commentators explain that God's question, "Who has required this of you?" is a sharp rebuke aimed at the worshippers' hypocrisy. While God commanded His people to come to the temple, He never required insincere, unrepentant people to do so. Their presence was an offense because their hearts were still committed to sin, making their worship hollow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When you come to appear before me - The temple was in Jerusalem and was regarded as the habitation, or dwelling place, of the God of Israel.…
19th Century
Anglican
When ye come to appear before me. —Literally, before my face. This is the meaning given by the present Hebrew te…
Baptist
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?
says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat …
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16th Century
Protestant
Who hath required this at your hand? What an admirable refutation of false worship it is when God declares that they will not come before …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When you come to appear before me At the grand festivals of the passover, pentecost, and tabernacles, at which times all …
Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishm…
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13th Century
Catholic
Hear the word of the Lord. Here the prophet provides the remedy for their punishment.
First, he calls them together to he…
