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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"When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?
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"Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies - I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
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"I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
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"So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight . Cease to do evil,