Isaiah 1:15 “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you…”

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

Bible in Basic English

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

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Cross references

“when”

Micah 3:4 Proverbs 1:28 Zechariah 7:13 Psalm 66:18 Jeremiah 14:12 Luke 13:25–28

Micah 3:4 · BSB

Then 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.

Proverbs 1:28 · BSB

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Zechariah 7:13 · BSB

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

Psalm 66:18 · BSB

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Jeremiah 14:12 · BSB

Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

Luke 13:25–28 · BSB

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

“I will”

Isaiah 58:7 Psalm 55:1

Isaiah 58:7 · BSB

Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Psalm 55:1 · BSB

Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.

“make many prayers”

Matthew 6:7 Matthew 23:14

Matthew 6:7 · BSB

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

“your hands”

Jeremiah 7:8–10 Micah 3:9–11 Isaiah 59:3

Jeremiah 7:8–10 · BSB

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Micah 3:9–11 · BSB

Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

Isaiah 59:3 · BSB

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Also

Matthew 23:13 Isaiah 8:17

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Isaiah 8:17 · BSB

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

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