Isaiah 1:13

13. Vain oblations The Minchah an offering of meal to go with the “burnt offering;” this is here termed “vain,” because an undevout, empty performance.

Incense No longer a flagrant odour, a symbol of true devotion, but an abomination to God. Incense was made from burning in a censer frankincense procured from incisions in thuriferous trees, found in Arabia. Sweet spices were mixed with it, making “a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour.”

Solemn meeting Heartless worldliness attending ordinary religious occasions “reaches even to the great day of atonement, the most solemn of all days in their sacred calendar.”