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)

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

14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

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.

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14 Your (A)New Moons and your (B)appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
15 (C)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(D)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.

16 “Wash(E) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(F)Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [c]the oppressor;
[d]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.

18 “Come now, and let us (G)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(H)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:15 Pray
  2. Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
  3. Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
  4. Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate