King James Version
Isaiah 1:12 in the King James Version says “When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? to appear: Heb. to be seen” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? to appear: Heb. to be seen”
Isaiah 1:12 · KJV
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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. he goats: Heb. great he goats
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? to appear: Heb. to be seen
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. iniquity: or, grief
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“to appear”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“me who hath required”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“this at your hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“my courts”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
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