¹² “When you come ^(B)to appear before Me,
Who has required this from your hand,
To trample My courts?
¹³ Bring no more ^(C)futile^[a] sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and ^(D)the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
¹⁴ Your ^(E)New Moons and your ^(F)appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
^15 (G)When you ^[b]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
^(H)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of ^[c]blood.

^3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
^17 (A)Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you ^(B)consented^[a] with him,
And have been a ^(C)partaker with adulterers.
¹⁹ You give your mouth to evil,
And ^(D)your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ These things you have done, and I kept silent;
^(E)You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And ^(F)set them in order before your eyes.