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;^(A)
I have no pleasure^(B)
    in the blood of bulls^(C) and lambs and goats.^(D)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(E)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(F)
    Your incense^(G) is detestable^(H) to me.
New Moons,^(I) Sabbaths and convocations^(J)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴ Your New Moon^(K) feasts and your appointed festivals^(L)
    I hate with all my being.^(M)
They have become a burden to me;^(N)
    I am weary^(O) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(P) in prayer,
    I hide^(Q) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(R)

Your hands^(S) are full of blood!^(T)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please^(D)
    and exploit all your workers.
⁴ Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,^(E)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard^(F) on high.
⁵ Is this the kind of fast^(G) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble^(H) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed^(I)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?^(J)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

⁹ They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.^(A)’^[a](B)”