Isaiah 1:12-20

English Standard Version

¹²“When you come to ^(A)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
^(B)New moon and Sabbath and the ^(C)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure ^(D)iniquity and ^(E)solemn assembly.
¹⁴Your ^(F)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
¹⁵When you ^(G)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
^(H)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    ^(I)your hands are full of blood.
¹⁶^(J)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^(K)cease to do evil,
¹⁷    learn to do good;
^(L)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
^(M)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

¹⁸“Come now, ^(N)let us reason^[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as ^(O)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.
¹⁹^(P)If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land;
²⁰but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be eaten by the sword;
    ^(Q)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”