Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings (Hebrew, seeh (H7716)) - the lamb or kid, required by the law to be daily offered to God (Exodus 29:38; Numbers 28:3).
Neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices - offered any way; whereas the Hebrew for holocausts or "burnt offerings" х `oloteykaa (H5930)], denotes that which ascends as an offering consumed by fire.
I have not caused thee to serve - i:e., to render the service of a slave (Matthew 11:30; Romans 8:15; 1 John 4:18; 1 John 5:3).
With an offering - bloodless (Leviticus 2:1-2); Hebrew, minchaah (H4503).
Nor wearied thee with incense - antithetical to Isaiah 43:22, "thou hast been weary of me." Though God in the law required such offerings, yet not so as to "weary" the worshipper, or to exact them in cases where, as in the Babylonian captivity, they were physically unable to render them; God did not require them, except in subordination to the higher moral duties (Psalms 50:8-14; Psalms 51:16-17; Micah 6:3; Micah 6:6-8).