15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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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)

16 Wash(F) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(G)
    stop doing wrong.(H)
17 Learn to do right;(I) seek justice.(J)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](K)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(L)
    plead the case of the widow.(M)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(N)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(O)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(P)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(Q)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(R)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(S)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(T)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(U)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor