To what purpose] It is in vain, and to no end, that ye do all this. vers. 13. So Jeremiah 6:20.
the multitude] Albeit he had commanded these things to be done; yet being done, by such as they were, and in such manner, as they did them, to wit, without repentance and true devotion, he refuseth and rejecteth them, Psal. 50. 8-16. Proverbs 15:8. and Proverbs 21:27. Chap. 61. 8. and 66. 3. Jeremiah 6:20. and Jeremiah 7:21. Amos 5:21-22. Micah 6:7.
full of] I am cloyed with them, as one with meat, which he loatheth, and his stomach goeth against, Proverbs 27:7.
burnt-offerings] Which were wholly consumed with fire, Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 1:9. Psalms 40:6. Mark 12:33.
fat of fed beasts,] Which in other sacrifices also, as reserved for Gods portion, was burnt upon his altar, Lev. 3. 3, 5, 16, 17. and 4. 8, 10. Deuteronomy 32:38.
I delight not] Tho he delighted much in the good affection and obedience of his faithfull people, by such performances expressed and testified, Genesis 8:21. Psalms 20:3. and Psalms 51:19. Malachi 3:4. yet not at all in the things themselves, Psalms 50:13. much lesse so, and by such, performed. Chap. 57. 6. See Jeremiah 7:22-23.
bloud of bullocks,] Reserved likewise for sacred uses; and forbidden therefore to be eaten, Leviticus 17:10-12.
he-goats.] Heb. great he-goats, Chap. 14. 9. Jeremiah 50:8.