John Trapp on Isaiah 1:13

Ver. 13. Bring no more vain oblations] Vain, becauſe unacceptable, ineffectual, unſubſtantial: Epitheton argumentoſum, ſaith Piſcator. Lip-labour is loſt-labour; For God is not mocked with ſhadows of ſervice: his ſharp noſe eaſily diſcerneth and is offended with the ſtinking breath of the Hypocrites rotten Lungs, though his words be never ſo ſcented and perfumed with ſhews of holineſs. Hence it is added

Incenſe is an abomination unto me] ſc. becauſe it ſtinketh of the hand that offereth it. Incenſe of it ſelf was a ſweet and precious Perfume, compounded of the beſt Odours and Spices. In the incenſe of faithful prayer alſo, how many ſweet ſpices are burnt together by the fire of Faith, as Humility, Hope, Love, &c. all which come up for a memorial before God, through the Merits and Mediation of Jeſus Chriſt, Heb. 9.24. But it is otherwiſe with the wicked, whoſe carnal heart is like ſome fen or bog, and every prayer thence proceeding is as an evil vapour reaking and riſing from that dunghill. Never did thoſe five Cities of the Plain ſend up ſuch poiſonous ſmels to Heaven; which God being not able to abide, ſent down upon them a counter-poyſon of fire and brimſtone.

I cannot away with] Heb. I cannot, by an angry Apoſiopeſis: I cannot, that is, I cannot behold, bear with, or forbear to puniſh: as Oecolampadius maketh the ſupply to be.

It is iniquity] Or an affliction, a grievance, as Joh. 5.6. Yea it is a Vexation, as ſome render the next word, viz. your ſolemn meeting.