Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 1:12

12 When ye come to appear before me , who hath required this at your hands , to tread my courts ?

Upon the three Solemn Feasts, Exod. 23. 17. & 34. 23. or upon other occasio[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪

To wit, in this manner, and upon these terms. The thing that I commanded, was not onely, nor chiefly, that you should offer external Sacrifices to me, but that you should do it with true repentance for all your sins, with Faith in my Promises, with hearty Love to me, and sincere Resolutious of devoting your selves to my Service, without which you offer me a dead Carcass in stead of a living Sacrifice.

The Courts of my Temple, which were two, that of the Priests, and that where the People assembled, 2 Chron. 4. 9. So this Reproof seems to be directed against both Priests and People, as unworthy to enjoy this Privilege.

Marginal references: Heb. to be seen.