“ I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

“我厌恶你们的节期，也不喜悦你们的严肃会。

“我厌恶你们的节期，也不喜悦你们的严肃会。

“我厌恶你们的节期，也不喜悦你们的严肃会。

“我憎恶、鄙弃你们的节期，厌恶你们的圣会。

我憎恨、厌恶你们的节期，也不喜爱你们的节日。

我厭惡你們的節期，也不喜悅你們的嚴肅會。

「我厭惡你們的節期，也不喜悅你們的嚴肅會。

「我厭惡你們的節期，也不喜悅你們的嚴肅會。

「我憎惡、鄙棄你們的節期，厭惡你們的聖會。

我憎恨、厭惡你們的節期，也不喜愛你們的節日。

『我恨惡、我鄙視你們的節期，我不聞你們聖節會中的氣味。

爾之節期、我厭惡之、爾之肅會、我不悅之、

爾設節期、我所深憾、爾立大會、我甚不悅、

爾之節期、我憎惡厭棄、厭棄或作輕視爾大會之日、我甚不悅、爾大會之日我甚不悅或作爾聖會所獻之祭我不享之

“ I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.

The Lord says,“ I hate your holy feasts. I can’t stand them. Your gatherings stink.

“ I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

“ I hate all your show and pretense— the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.

I hate, I despise, your feasts! I can’t stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

“ I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your festive assemblies.

“ I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

I hate, I despise your feasts! I can’t stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’

“ Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” says the LORD.“ I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this– animals trampling on my courtyards?Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices.

They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.

The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

The LORD abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

“ But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself,“ I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent– a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

The LORD said to the people of Judah,“ The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says:‘ You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.I also explicitly commanded them:“ Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”