¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(A) in prayer,
    I hide^(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(C)

Your hands^(D) are full of blood!^(E)

²¹ See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!^(A)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness^(B) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!^(C)

³⁰ “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.^(A)
Your sword has devoured your prophets^(B)
    like a ravenous lion.

³⁴ On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood^(A) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.^(B)
Yet in spite of all this

²³ “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,^(A)
    and the city is full of violence.^(B)