John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:12
Isa 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Ver. 12. When ye come to appear before me. ] Heb., To be seen; else all had been lost. Hypocrisy is very ostentous, it would be noted and noticed; whereas true devotion desireth not to be seen of any save him who seeth in secret. Who hath required this at your hand? ] This is God’s voice to all superstitious will-worshippers and carnal gospellers. "Friend, how camest thou in hither?" Who sent... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:11
Isa 1:11 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. Ver. 11. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices. ] All which, without faith and devotion, are no better than mere hypocrisy and illusion. It is, saith Oecolampadius, as if one should present his prince with many carts laden with dirt, or as if good meat... read more