15 So when you (A)spread out your hands in prayer,
(B)I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you (C)offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
(D)Your hands are [a]covered with blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:15 Lit full of

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.

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But your (A)wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His [a]face from you so that He does (B)not hear.

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  1. Isaiah 59:2 As in ancient versions; MT faces

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
(A)Return to Me with all your heart,
And with (B)fasting, weeping, and mourning;
13 And (C)tear your heart and not merely (D)your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is (E)gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in mercy
And (F)relenting of catastrophe.
14 Who knows, (G)He might turn and relent,
And leave a (H)blessing behind Him,
Resulting in (I)a grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God.

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12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

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