1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year. Let the feasts come round.
Isaiah 29:1 Cross References - MLV
2 Samuel 5:9
9 And David dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from Millo and inward.
Isaiah 1:11-15
11 What to me is the multitude of your* sacrifices? says Jehovah. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of male-goats.
12 When you* come to appear before me, who has required this at your* hand–to trample my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies–I cannot bear wickedness and the solemn assembly. 14 Your* new moons and your* appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them.
15 And when you* spread forth your* hands, I will hide my eyes from you*. Yes, when you* make many prayers, I will not hear; your* hands are full of blood.
13 Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies–I cannot bear wickedness and the solemn assembly. 14 Your* new moons and your* appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them.
15 And when you* spread forth your* hands, I will hide my eyes from you*. Yes, when you* make many prayers, I will not hear; your* hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 22:12-13
Isaiah 31:9
9 And his rock will pass away because of terror and his rulers will be dismayed at the ensign, says Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66:3
3 He who slaughters an ox is as he who kills a man. He who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck. He who offers an oblation, as swine's blood. He who burns frankincense, as he who graces an idol.
Yes, they have chosen their own ways and their soul delights in their abominations.
Yes, they have chosen their own ways and their soul delights in their abominations.
Jeremiah 7:21
21 Jehovah of hosts says thus, the God of Israel: Add your* burnt offerings to your* sacrifices and eat you* flesh.
Ezekiel 43:15-16
Hosea 5:6
6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah, but they will not find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
Hosea 8:13
13 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but Jehovah does not accept them. He will now remember their iniquity and visit their sins. They will return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:4
4 They will not pour out wine offerings to Jehovah, nor will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them as the bread of mourners. All who eat of it will be polluted, for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Jehovah.
Amos 4:4-5
4 Come to Bethel and transgress, to Gilgal and multiply transgression. And bring your* sacrifices every morning and your* tithes every three days.
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of what is leavened and proclaim free-will offerings and proclaim them. For this pleases you*, O you* sons of Israel, says the lord Jehovah.
Micah 6:6-7
6 With what shall I come before Jehovah and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Hebrews 10:1
1 For the law, having a shadow of the future good things, (not the same image of the matters), they are never able to complete those who come near with the same continual sacrifices which they are offering every year.