²¹ “I^(A) hate, I despise your feast days,
And ^(B)I do not savor your sacred assemblies.

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.

¹⁶ “Wash^(I) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
^(J)Cease to do evil,

³ “He^(A) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he ^(B)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,

⁹ One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
^(A)Even his prayer is an abomination.

^8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.