Isaiah 1:15

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

16Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,

Ezra 9:5And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

Job 27:20Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

Psalms 66:18I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

Proverbs 1:28Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

Isaiah 8:17And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:11-16

The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. ( b. c. 738.) 10 Hear the word of the Lord , ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is… Read the whole commentary →

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