Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 66:3
3. God loathes even the sacrifices of the wicked (Isaiah 1:11; Proverbs 15:8; Proverbs 28:9). is as if—LOWTH not so well omits these words: "He that killeth an ox (presently after) murders a man" (as in Proverbs 28:9- :). But the omission in the Hebrew of "is as if"—increases the force of the comparison. Human victims were often offered by the heathen. dog's neck—an abomination according to the Jewish law (Proverbs 28:9- :); perhaps made so, because dogs were venerated in Egypt. He does not... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 66:3
Isaiah 66:3. He that killeth an ox, &c.— God here shews, that the external ritual worship offered to him by hypocrites and wicked persons, void of faith and holiness, was no more estimable in his sight, than the material temple above spoken of; but that he was as much offended by the ritual worship of the impure, as by the most grievous crimes perpetrated against the immediate commands of the law, and particularly under the new oeconomy, after the promulgation of the law of liberty, and the... read more