It’s clear that the Lord is–to put it bluntly, but honestly–disgusted with our worship. Isaiah berates not only our temple worship, but many of the other aspects of our worship.
In conjunction with the sacrificial rites, the law of Moses detailed many other areas of worship both in and out of the temple. As the Lord continued his berating of the house of Israel, he declared, “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. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them” (Isaiah 1:13-14). Not only did ancient Israel forget the “why” of their temple worship, they also lost sight of why they did their regular and routine worship rituals and festivals.
When the Lord uses Isaiah to condemn the worship rituals of ancient Israel, how does that correlate to our modern-day worship practices?