Isaiah 1:12-18

New International Version

¹² When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(A)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(B)
    Your incense^(C) is detestable^(D) to me.
New Moons,^(E) Sabbaths and convocations^(F)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴ Your New Moon^(G) feasts and your appointed festivals^(H)
    I hate with all my being.^(I)
They have become a burden to me;^(J)
    I am weary^(K) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(L) in prayer,
    I hide^(M) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(N)

Your hands^(O) are full of blood!^(P)

¹⁶ Wash^(Q) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(R)
    stop doing wrong.^(S)
17 Learn to do right;^(T) seek justice.^(U)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](V)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(W)
    plead the case of the widow.^(X)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(Y)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(Z)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(AA)