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Isaiah 1:10–12

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¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
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From verse 10

  1. Deuteronomy 32:32Rank 1 from verse 10
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    32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

  2. Ezekiel 16:49Rank 2 from verse 10
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    49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

  3. Isaiah 3:9Rank 3 from verse 10
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    9¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  4. Revelation 11:8Rank 4 from verse 10
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    8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

  5. 1 Kings 22:19–23Rank 5 from verse 10
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    19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

    20And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

    21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.

    22And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

    23Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

  6. Ezekiel 16:46Rank 6 from verse 10
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    46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

  7. Genesis 13:13Rank 7 from verse 10
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    13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  8. Isaiah 28:14Rank 8 from verse 10
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    14¶ Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

  9. Isaiah 8:20Rank 9 from verse 10
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    20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  10. Jeremiah 23:14Rank 10 from verse 10
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    14I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

  11. Jeremiah 9:26Rank 11 from verse 10
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    26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

  12. Amos 9:7Rank 12 from verse 10
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    7Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

  13. Amos 3:1Rank 13 from verse 10
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    1HEAR this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

  14. Amos 3:8Rank 14 from verse 10
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    8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

  15. Micah 3:8–12Rank 15 from verse 10
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    8¶ But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

    9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

    10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

    11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

    12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  16. Romans 9:29Rank 16 from verse 10
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    29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

From verse 11

  1. 1 Samuel 15:22Rank 1 from verse 11
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    22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  2. Amos 5:21Rank 2 from verse 11
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    21¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

  3. Jeremiah 6:20Rank 3 from verse 11
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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

  4. Isaiah 66:3Rank 4 from verse 11
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    3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

  5. Micah 6:7Rank 5 from verse 11
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    7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

  6. Malachi 1:10Rank 6 from verse 11
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    10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

  7. Matthew 9:13Rank 7 from verse 11
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    13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  8. Proverbs 15:8Rank 8 from verse 11
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  9. Proverbs 21:27Rank 9 from verse 11
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

  10. Psalms 50:8Rank 10 from verse 11
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    8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

  11. Psalms 51:16Rank 11 from verse 11
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    16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

  12. Jeremiah 7:21Rank 12 from verse 11
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    21¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

From verse 12

  1. Exodus 34:23Rank 1 from verse 12
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    23¶ Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  2. Ecclesiastes 5:1Rank 2 from verse 12
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    1KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  3. Exodus 23:17Rank 3 from verse 12
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    17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.

  4. Isaiah 58:1–2Rank 4 from verse 12
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    1CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

    2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

  5. Micah 6:8Rank 5 from verse 12
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  6. Psalms 40:6Rank 6 from verse 12
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    6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

  7. Matthew 23:5Rank 7 from verse 12
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    5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

  8. Deuteronomy 16:16Rank 8 from verse 12
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    16¶ Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 1:10

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Sodom

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The city of Sodom near the Dead Sea, destroyed in the judgment recorded in Genesis.

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ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 1:11

COMBINED MEANING

purpose

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Sense 1 (noun): An intention, plan, resolution, or determination; the reason for which something is done, or the object or end intended. Sense 2 (noun): Use, effect, or result, especially in ‘to what purpose’ or ‘to no purpose.’ Sense 3 (in ‘of purpose’): Intentionally. Sense 4 (verb): To intend, resolve, or determine to do or accomplish something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sacrifices

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Sense 1: Offerings presented to God. Sense 2: Acts of presenting such offerings or things devoted to God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fat

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1. The rich oily bodily substance of an animal. 2. Rich, fertile, abundant, prosperous, or flourishing. 3. Well-fed, plump, or full-bodied. 4. The richest or choicest part or produce of something. 5. Figuratively, dull, insensible, or hardened.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delight

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Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 1:12

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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appear

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1. To come or become visible or manifest. 2. To come or present oneself before someone. 3. To seem or have an outward appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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required

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Past-tense or past-participial form of require (to ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

courts

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1. Enclosed yards. 2. Royal residences or attendants. 3. Places where judgment is given.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

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1:11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

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1:12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

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1:13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

1:14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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