Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth, &c.] The Targum is,
``my Word abhorreth;''
the Messiah, the essential Word. These are the same as before. They are a trouble unto me; as they were kept and observed, either when they should not, or in a manner unbecoming: I am weary to bear [them]; because of the sins with which they made him to serve, ( Isaiah 43:24 ) .
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You come to meet with me, but who asked you to do all this running in and out of my Temple's rooms?
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Don't continue bringing me worthless sacrifices! I hate the incense you burn. I can't stand your New Moons, Sabbaths, and other feast days; I can't stand the evil you do in your holy meetings.
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I hate your New Moon feasts and your other yearly feasts. They have become a heavy weight on me, and I am tired of carrying it.
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When you raise your arms to me in prayer, I will refuse to look at you. Even if you say many prayers, I will not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.
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Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Stop doing the evil things I see you do. Stop doing wrong.