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14 I loathe your new moons and your festivals;
    they have become a burden to me
    and I can no longer endure bearing them.
15 When you stretch out your hands,[a]
    I will turn away my eyes from you.
Even if you pray endlessly,
    I will not listen,
    for your hands are covered with blood.
16 Wash yourselves and become clean;
    remove your evil deeds
    far from my sight.
Cease to do evil

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:15 Hands: the habitual manner of praying was to extend the hands with the palms open upwards.

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)

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