⁸ The Lord detests the sacrifice^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.^(C)

¹² When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(A)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(B)
    Your incense^(C) is detestable^(D) to me.
New Moons,^(E) Sabbaths and convocations^(F)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴ Your New Moon^(G) feasts and your appointed festivals^(H)
    I hate with all my being.^(I)
They have become a burden to me;^(J)
    I am weary^(K) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(L) in prayer,
    I hide^(M) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(N)

Your hands^(O) are full of blood!^(P)

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

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(Y)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(Z)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(AA)
19 If you are willing and obedient,^(AB)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(AC)
20 but if you resist and rebel,^(AD)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(AE)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(AF)

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable^(A)—
    how much more so when brought with evil intent!^(B)

⁷ In the council^(A) of the holy ones^(B) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(C)

⁸ I bring no charges^(A) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,^(B) which are ever before me.
⁹ I have no need of a bull^(C) from your stall
    or of goats^(D) from your pens,^(E)
10 for every animal of the forest^(F) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.^(G)
11 I know every bird^(H) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields^(I) are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world^(J) is mine, and all that is in it.^(K)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ “Sacrifice thank offerings^(L) to God,
    fulfill your vows^(M) to the Most High,^(N)
15 and call^(O) on me in the day of trouble;^(P)
    I will deliver^(Q) you, and you will honor^(R) me.”

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant^(S) on your lips?^(T)
17 You hate^(U) my instruction
    and cast my words behind^(V) you.
¹⁸ When you see a thief, you join^(W) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.^(X)