Isaiah 1:14

I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses the house of Israel through the prophet Isaiah during a period when the nation continues its religious calendar despite covenant failure. God declares His stance while the people maintain their scheduled worship cycles.

The words — The text highlights חָדְשֵׁיכֶם (ḥāḏəšêykem), meaning "your new moons," and עָלַי לָטֹרַח (ʿālay lāṭōraḥ), meaning "a burden to me." These phrases frame the appointed times not as sacred appointments but as heavy loads God refuses to carry.

The thread — This rejection of hollow ritual appears in Amos 5:21, where God despises feasts and solemn assemblies, and in Isaiah 43:24, which states God was not satisfied by their sacrifices. Isaiah 7:13 parallels this exhaustion by noting the people are wearing out the patience of both men and God.

Why it lands — The passage demands that external observance must align with moral obedience, or it becomes an offense to God. Readers must recognize that ritual acts without covenant faithfulness are actively rejected.

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The Hebrew words

חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֤םcha.de.shei./Khemnew moons/ your וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙u./mo.'a.dei./Khemand/ appointed feasts/ your שָׂנְאָ֣הsa.ne.'Ahit hates נַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.Sh/iself/ my הָי֥וּha.Yuthey have become עָלַ֖י'a.La/ion/ me לָטֹ֑רַחla./To.rach<into>/ a burden נִלְאֵ֖יתִיnil.'Ei.tiI am weary נְשֹֽׂא׃ne.So'to bear [them]

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Amos 5:21 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
Isaiah 43:24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Isaiah 7:13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
Isaiah 61:8 For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah 29:1 Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
Amos 2:13 Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
Zechariah 11:8 And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”