¹⁴ Your New Moon^(A) feasts and your appointed festivals^(B)
    I hate with all my being.^(C)
They have become a burden to me;^(D)
    I am weary^(E) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(F) in prayer,
    I hide^(G) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(H)

Your hands^(I) are full of blood!^(J)

¹⁶ Wash^(K) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(L)
    stop doing wrong.^(M)
17 Learn to do right;^(N) seek justice.^(O)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](P)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(Q)
    plead the case of the widow.^(R)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(S)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(T)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(U)