Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Isa 1:12

“When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?”

“appear before me--in the temple where the Shekinah, resting on the ark, was the symbol of God's presence (Exo 23:15; Psa 42:2). who hath required this--as if you were doing God a service by such hypocritical offerings (Job 35:7). God did require it (Exo 23:17), but not in this spirit (Mic 6:6-7). courts--areas, in which the worshippers were. None but priests entered the temple itself.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.