פירוש על ישעיהו 1:11

I am sated with the burnt-offerings of rams This is similar to: “Lest he have too much of you and hate you,” (Proverbs 25:18).

To what purpose, etc. Why should I leave you longer in the land ? Is it for the sake of the multitude of your burnt offerings ? I am full, etc. An anthropomorphism ; in reality, He does not want anything; comp. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, etc. (Ps. 1. 12 ff).

Why do I need your many sacrifices: Because the primary point of a sacrifice is to repent and if you remain rebellious the sacrifice does not help.

fattened cattle Fattened cattle and sheep.

אילים Large sheep.²⁷A. V., Rams.

I do not want Since you transgress My Torah, the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination [from Prov. 21:27].

מריאים A species of cattle, akin to the ox, but larger; its fat is prohibited.²⁸In the Rabbinical writings חֵלֶב is the forbidden fat, שׁוּמָן the permitted. The fat of the quadrupeds that were allowed to be eaten and were also admitted as offerings upon the altar, is prohibited (Leviticus 7:25); the fat of those that were not employed as sacrifices, but might serve as food to the Israelites, is permitted. In the former case the animals were called בהמה ‘ cattle’, in the latter חיה ‘beasts.’ According to Ibn Ezra מריא is a בהמה ; according to Saadiah it is a חיה (جاموس chamois). Comp. I. E. on Am. 5:22. The Gaon²⁹R. Hai (ibid.) compares מריאים fed beasts with מרא to feed (Mishnah Sabbath 24:3).

כבשים The young of the flock.³⁰A. V., Lambs.

עתודים The old of the flock³¹A. V., He-goats. (comp. Gen. 31:10)