Therefore, God is asking: “So when (ky) you persistently come to be seen in My presence (bow’ la ra’ah paneh – you habitually pursue Me to be seen before Me (qal imperfect / niphal infinitive construct), who sought this from your hand (my baqas zo’th min yad – who is responsible for conspiring to teach and require you to have this be part of what you engage in) in order to (‘el – from 1QIsa) tread upon (ramac – to aggressively seek to conquer, trample, harm, and destroy (qal infinitive construct)) the sounding of My trumpets [the means used to announce the Called-Out Assembly Meetings] (chatser – My abodes (addressing Yaruwshalaym), My courtyards (referring to the Temple surroundings), My enclosures (speaking of God’s protective covering), and My towns (referring to the settlements throughout Yahuwdah).” (Yasha’yah / Yah Saves / Isaiah 1:12)

God is asking those who would go to their local synagogue, temple, or church, bearing gifts which had been solicited by the very clerics who personally benefited from them, “Why?” What on earth causes religious devotees to believe that God has solicited, much less receives, or even wants, anything they have to offer. And yet the institutions which feast on such donations have flourished by beguiling the gullible into believing that by giving they are earning God’s favor.

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