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My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; they are a trouble to me; I am weary of bearing them.
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God's Personal Burden
Commentators highlight the intensely personal language God uses: "my soul hates," "a trouble unto me," "I am weary." This isn't a formal, distant rejection. Scholars explain this anthropomorphic language shows God experiencing the people's hypocritical worship as a heavy, oppressive, and exhausting personal burden.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your appointed feasts—That is, your assemblies convened on regular set times—מועד mô‛êd—from יעד yâ‛ad—t…
19th Century
Anglican
Your new moons and your appointed feasts.—The latter word included the sabbaths (Leviticus 23:3). The words a…
Baptist
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of God, you people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sa…
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16th Century
Protestant
Your new-moons. The Prophet adds nothing new to his former doctrine. Regarding all ceremonies in which there is no spiritual truth but onl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates , &c.]
The Targum is, ``my Word abhorreth;'' the Messiah, t…
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
The new moons, and the sabbaths. Here he rejects the celebration of solemn festivals.
He addresses this in three s…
