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13 Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
    the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
    and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
    I want no more of your pious meetings.
14 I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
    They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
    Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
    for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
16 Wash yourselves and be clean!
    Get your sins out of my sight.
    Give up your evil ways.
17 Learn to do good.
    Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
    Defend the cause of orphans.
    Fight for the rights of widows.

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13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(A)
    Your incense(B) is detestable(C) to me.
New Moons,(D) Sabbaths and convocations(E)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(F) feasts and your appointed festivals(G)
    I hate with all my being.(H)
They have become a burden to me;(I)
    I am weary(J) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(K) in prayer,
    I hide(L) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(M)

Your hands(N) are full of blood!(O)

16 Wash(P) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(Q)
    stop doing wrong.(R)
17 Learn to do right;(S) seek justice.(T)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](U)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(V)
    plead the case of the widow.(W)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor