Isaiah 1:12-20
English Standard Version
12 “When you come to (A)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
(B)New moon and Sabbath and the (C)calling of convocations—
I cannot endure (D)iniquity and (E)solemn assembly.
14 Your (F)new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (G)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(H)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(I)your hands are full of blood.
16 (J)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(K)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(L)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(M)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (N)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (O)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (P)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(Q)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.