New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 1:15
15So when you 1spread out your hands in prayer, 2I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you 3offer many prayers, I will not be listening. 4Your hands are 5covered with blood.
Isaiah 1:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
- English Standard Version (ESV)When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Context of Isaiah 1:15
13Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and Sabbath, the proclamation of an assembly-- I cannot endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly. 14I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of bearing them. So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you offer many prayers, I will not be listening. Your hands are covered with blood. 16“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil, 17Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor, Obtain justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow’s case.
Read all of Isaiah 1Isaiah 1:15 word by word
וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶ֣ם כַּפֵּיכֶ֗ם אַעְלִ֤ים עֵינַי֙ מִכֶּ֔ם גַּ֛ם כִּֽי־תַרְבּ֥וּ תְפִלָּ֖ה אֵינֶ֣נִּי שֹׁמֵ֑עַ יְדֵיכֶ֖ם דָּמִ֥ים מָלֵֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
- spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
- your handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- I will hideעָלַם‛âlam · to concealH5956
- My eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- Yesגַּםgam · alsoH1571
- evenכִּיkîy · forH3588
- offerרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- prayersתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
- I will not be listeningשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- Your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- coveredמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- with bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
Cross-references for Isaiah 1:15
- Isaiah 59:2But your wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
- 1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and he spread out his hands toward heaven.
- Ezra 9:5But at the evening offering I stood up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I bowed down on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God;
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life, When God requires his life?
- Psalms 66:18If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear;
- Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the Lord.
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but will not find me,
- Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to put an end to them by the sword, famine, and plague.”
- Ezekiel 8:17And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me to anger repeatedly? Yet behold, they are putting the twig to their nose!
- Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.
- Zechariah 7:13And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of armies;
- Luke 13:25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin standing outside and knocking on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ and He then will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
- 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
- Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, God; And do not hide Yourself from my pleading.
- Matthew 6:7“And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Commentaries on Isaiah 1:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15When ye spread - The Syriac, Septuagint, and a MS., read בפרשכם beparshecem, without the conjunction ו vau . Your hands "For your hands" - ̔ - Sept. Manus enim vestrae-Vulg. They seem to have read ידיכם כי ki yedeychem .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Ye spread forth your hands - This is an expression denoting the act of supplication. When we ask for help, we naturally stretch out our hands, as if to receive it. The expression therefore is equivalent to when ye pray, or implore mercy.‘ Compare Exodus 9:29; Exodus 17:11-12; 1 Kings 8:22. I will hide mine eyes - That is, I will not attend to, or regard your supplications. The Chaldee Paraphrase is, When your priests expand their hands to pray for you.‘…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin. Many who will readily part with their sacrifices, will not be persuaded to part with their sins. They relied on the mere form as a service deserving a reward. The most costly devotions of wicked people, without thorough reformation of heart and life…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15I will hide my eyes from you … I will not listen: The Lord does not answer prayers from those who live in constant wrongdoing. In this situation, God accused the people of twisting his laws to commit violence against innocent victims.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. (Psa 66:18; Pr 28:9; La 3:43, 44). spread ... hands--in prayer (1Ki 8:22). Hebrew, "bloods," for all heinous sins, persecution of God's servants especially (Mt 23:35). It was the vocation of the prophets to dispel the delusion, so contrary to the law itself (De 10:16), that outward ritualism would satisfy God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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