Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 66:3
They who offer the due sacrifices, yet without a proper spirit, are no better than they who perform unclean or idolatrous acts.
They who offer the due sacrifices, yet without a proper spirit, are no better than they who perform unclean or idolatrous acts.
Verse Isaiah 66:3. _HE THAT KILLETH AN OX_ IS AS IF _HE SLEW A MAN_ - "He that slayeth an ox killeth a man"] These are instances of wickedness joined with hypocrisy; of the most flagitious crimes com...
HE THAT KILLETH AN OX IS AS IF HE SLEW A MAN - Lowth and Noyes render this, ‘He that slayeth an ox, killeth a man.’ This is a literal translation of the Hebrew. Jerome renders it, ‘He who sacrifices a...
CHAPTER 66 The Finale: The Two Classes and the Prophecy of Isaiah in a Retrospect 1. _The apostates and their wicked worship (Isaiah 66:1) _ 2. _The remnant suffering and encouraged (Isaiah 66:5) _ 3...
ISAIAH 66. Here divisions are hard to define. The theme the coming punishment of the apostates and the coming glory of the pious is pursued now on one side, now on the other. ISAIAH 66:1. AN ATTACK O...
CUT OFF. breaketh. OBLATION. gift, or meal offering. Hebrew. _minchah_. SWINE'S BLOOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 14:8; Leviticus 11:7). Compare Isaiah 65:4. BURNETH INCENSE
The first part of the verse runs literally thus: "The slaughterer of the ox, a slayer of a man; the sacrificer of the sheep, a breaker of a dog's neck; the offerer of an oblation, swine's blood; the m...
HE THAT KILLETH AN OX, &C.— God here shews, that the external ritual worship offered to him by hypocrites and wicked persons, void of faith and holiness, was no more estimable in his sight, than the m...
F. EPILOGUE, CHAPTER 66 1. BURIAL OF OLD ZION TEXT: Isaiah 66:1-6 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what plac...
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 66 The *Lord divides the ‘people of God’ into two types. There are those...
HE THAT KILLETH AN OX... — The truth of the previous verse is emphasised by iteration, each clause presenting a distinct illustration of it. Chapter Isaiah 65:3 had pointed to tendencies, not yet exti...
שֹׁוחֵ֨ט הַ שֹּׁ֜ור מַכֵּה ־אִ֗ישׁ זֹובֵ֤חַ ה
CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1 WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
GOD'S PEOPLE MADE A BLESSING Isaiah 66:1-14 The prophet forecasts the advent of a new day, when places and rites would be comparatively unimportant compared with the condition of the heart, Isaiah 66...
This last chapter is confessedly difficult of interpretation. In it the prophet seems to look beyond all that he has previously described, and to deal with destiny. He first announces anew the fact of...
He that killeth an ox [is as if] he (d) slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine's blood; he that burneth incense...
He. Septuagint, "the wicked who." (Haydock) --- Ox. This is a prophecy, that the sacrifices which were offered in the old law, should be abolished in the new; and that he offering of them should be a...
I should apprehend that by the killing of an ox, here spoken of, is not simply meant the act of killing the beast, but with an eye to sacrifice. And if I do this in the idea of an offering, I do there...
3._He that killeth an ox, as if he slew a man. _There are two clauses in this verse. In the former, Isaiah plainly declares that all the sacrifices of his nation are of no value in the sight of God, b...
Chapter 66 speaks of the judgment that introduces it, and consequently gives us more historical details. The temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem (Isaiah 66:6), but Jehovah does not own it, man alone being...
HE THAT KILLETH AN OX, IS AS IF HE SLEW A MAN,.... Not that killed the ox of his neighbour, which, according to law, he was to pay for; or that killed one for food, which was lawful to be done; but th...
He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine's blood; he that burneth incense, [a...
_He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man_ Without this humble and devout temper of mind, killing an ox for a burnt-offering is no more acceptable to God than if a man offered his son in sacrifice...
THE ABOMINATIONS OF A DEAD WORSHIP AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW CHURCH...
He that killeth an ox, in an act of sacrifice which is nothing but a dead custom, IS AS IF HE SLEW A MAN; HE THAT SACRIFICETH A LAMB AS IF HE CUT OFF A DOG'S NECK, as if he insulted the Lord by the sa...
LAMB: Or, kid BURNETH INCENSE: _ Heb._ maketh a memorial of...
1-4 The Jews gloried much in their temple. But what satisfaction can the Eternal Mind take in a house made with men's hands? God has a heaven and an earth of his own making, and temples of man's maki...
Solomon, PROVERBS 15:8, gives us a short but full commentary on the whole verse, _The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord_. _He that killeth an ox_, that is, for sacrifice, as it is...
Isaiah 66:3 kills H7819 (H8802) bull H7794 slays H5221 (H8688) man H376 sacrifices H2076 (H8802) lamb...
IN CONTRAST ARE THOSE WHOSE OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES ARE MERELY FORMAL AND DEBASED AND NOT FROM THE HEART (ISAIAH 66:3). Isaiah 66:3 “He who kills an ox is as he who slays a man, He who sacrifices...
CONTENTS: Blessings of the coming universal Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Following the day of Christ's vengeance the sorrows of Israel will be turned into abundant joys. All the Gen...
Isaiah 66:1. _The heaven is my throne._ This chapter applies to Isaiah's time, as well as to future times; and though the Lord rejected the impure worship of the temple, yet he would dwell with the co...
_He that killeth an ox_ WORSHIP AND WICKEDNESS Our prophet affirms, that the sacrifices offered by the wicked and hypocritical among the Jews, being attended with enormous crimes and profane rites,...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:1 Though the worship of God is violated now, in the future falsehood will be judged, true worship will spread, and God will be honored forever. ⇐...
SECTION XII.—FINAL THREATENINGS AND PROMISES (Isaiah 66:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 66:1 THE UNGODLY EXILES REBUKED
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:1) They're going to build a new te...
Amos 5:21; Amos 5:22; Deuteronomy 14:8; Deuteronomy 23:18; Isaiah 1:11
He that, &c. — Solomon, Proverbs 15:8, gives a full commentary on the whole verse; The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. As if — From hence it is plain, that the prophet is not he...