American Standard Version
"When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? "
— Isaiah 1:12, American Standard Version
“When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?”
“When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?”
“When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this– animals trampling on my courtyards?”
“When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?”
“At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?”
“When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?”
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough 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 trample my courts?
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.
And 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.