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Isaiah 1:15
15When 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!
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Context of Isaiah 1:15
13Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. 14Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. 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! 16Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. 17Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when ye spread forthפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
- your handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- I will hideעָלַם‛âlam · to concealH5956
- mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- from you: yea, when ye make manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- prayersתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
- I will not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- are fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- of bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
Cross-references for Isaiah 1:15
- Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
- 1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven
- Ezra 9:5Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the Lord my God
- Job 27:8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
- Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.
- Proverbs 1:28“Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
- Jeremiah 14:12Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”
- Ezekiel 8:17He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!
- Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
- Zechariah 7:13“ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.
- Luke 13:25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
- 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
- Matthew 6:7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think 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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