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Isaiah 1:11

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

By saying that he does not delight in the sacrifices of the people, God is saying this: I abound in my own [sacrifice], I do not seek yours, I do not desire whole burnt offerings of rams and the fat of lambs and the blood of bulls and of goats. And do not come so into my sight.

Interrogation of Job and David 4.9.33 ↗

Jerome

What use to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord. I am full. I do not desire burnt sacrifices of rams, or the fat of fattened cattle, or the blood of bulls, or lambs, or goats. Because they exist, I did not desire them. The Septuagint translates 'I do not desire' as 'I will not desire', using the present tense instead of the past tense. …

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Thomas Aquinas

43. To what purpose? Here he shows the uselessness of the remedy which they were applying; and first, as to the offering of sacrifices; second, as to the celebration of feasts, where it says, the new moons (Isa 1:13); third, as to divine prayers, where it says, and when you stretch forth your hands (Isa 1:15). Concerning the first, he does two things: first, he rejects the sacrifice of living things; second, the sacrifice of inanimate things, where it says, incense is an abomination to me (Isa 1:13). …

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