Isaiah 1:10-17

10Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our 1God, people of Gomorrah!

11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.

12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand — to tread my courts?

13Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, — new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations — wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.

14Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing [them].

15And 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.

16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,

17learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.