Isaiah 1:14
New Living Translation
14 I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
Amos 5:21
New Living Translation
21 “I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
Isaiah 43:24
New Living Translation
24 You have not brought me fragrant calamus
or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices.
Instead, you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied me with your faults.
Amos 2:13
New Living Translation
13 “So I will make you groan
like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.
Isaiah 61:8
New Living Translation
8 “For I, the Lord, love justice.
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah 7:13
New Living Translation
13 Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?
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Malachi 2:17
New Living Translation
17 You have wearied the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
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Zechariah 11:8
New Living Translation
8 I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month.
But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
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Isaiah 29:1
New Living Translation
A Message about Jerusalem
29 “What sorrow awaits Ariel,[a] the City of David.
Year after year you celebrate your feasts.
Footnotes
- 29:1 Ariel sounds like a Hebrew term that means “hearth” or “altar.”
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