²³ Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.
²⁴ But since you refuse^(A) to listen when I call^(B)
    and no one pays attention^(C) when I stretch out my hand,
²⁵ since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶ I in turn will laugh^(D) when disaster^(E) strikes you;
    I will mock^(F) when calamity overtakes you^(G)—
²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(H) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁸ “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;^(I)
    they will look for me but will not find me,^(J)

⁹ If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.^(A)

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord,^(A)
    you rulers of Sodom;^(B)
listen to the instruction^(C) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!^(D)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;^(E)
I have no pleasure^(F)
    in the blood of bulls^(G) and lambs and goats.^(H)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(I)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(J)
    Your incense^(K) is detestable^(L) to me.
New Moons,^(M) Sabbaths and convocations^(N)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴ Your New Moon^(O) feasts and your appointed festivals^(P)
    I hate with all my being.^(Q)
They have become a burden to me;^(R)
    I am weary^(S) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(T) in prayer,
    I hide^(U) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(V)

Your hands^(W) are full of blood!^(X)

¹⁶ Wash^(Y) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(Z)
    stop doing wrong.^(AA)
17 Learn to do right;^(AB) seek justice.^(AC)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](AD)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(AE)
    plead the case of the widow.^(AF)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(AG)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(AH)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(AI)
19 If you are willing and obedient,^(AJ)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(AK)
20 but if you resist and rebel,^(AL)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(AM)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(AN)