God doesn't want sacrifices, He doesn't want incense burned for Him. He wants us to obey His commandments and do His will. "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10) Because the people don't care about what God wants, He cares nothing for their rituals. God just wanted them to be willing and obedient and He would give them the best of everything. All that was good is now ruined. God wanted to restore the judges and get rid of the kings.
In the last days the Lord's temple will be established. People will lay down their weapons and take up farming tools. People will walk in the light of the Lord. Some of the people have abandoned God and taken up superstitions of all kinds instead. They worship their own work and are arrogant. They will be humbled. The Lord will be exhated.
Isaiah warned the people of Judah and Jerusalem that the Lord was about to take away the way of life they took for granted, because they thought they did it all by themselves. The righteous would be fine, but the wicked had better look out! God will judge all the people for their deeds - even the women who have made their finery and ornaments their gods will come to ruin.
There won't be enough eligible bachelors for women to marry. Many will want to marry one man. The Lord will preserve a branch of His people, survivors in Israel. God will clean the wicked away by a spirit of judgement and of fire. God will protect His righteous people.
A loved one had a beautiful vineyard. He took good care of it and gave it everything it needed to flourish. At the harvest it yielded only bad fruit. The loved one decided that he would take away all the good things he had done for the vineyard and make it a wasteland. The vineyard is the house of Israel, the loved one is the Lord Almighty. The great houses of the wicked would be ruined and the vineyards would stop producing. Woe to those who just want to drink wine all day and play music and disregard what the Lord has given them. Therefore the people will go into exile and do without the blessings of the Lord. The arrogant will be humbled, but the Lord will be exalted.
Tomorrow read Isaiah 5:18-9:12
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