Isaiah 1:12-20 - Heartlight

¹²When you come to appear before Me,

who has required this of you —

this trampling of My courts?

¹³Bring your worthless offerings no more;

your incense is detestable to Me —

your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations.

I cannot endure iniquity

in a solemn assembly.

¹⁴I hate your New Moons

and your appointed feasts.

They have become a burden to Me;

I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵When 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.

¹⁶Wash and cleanse yourselves.

Remove your evil deeds from My sight.

Stop doing evil!

¹⁷Learn to do right;

seek justice and correct the oppressor.

Defend the fatherless

and plead the case of the widow.”

¹⁸“Come now, let us reason together,”

says the LORD.

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

they will be as white as snow;

though they are as red as crimson,

they will become like wool.

¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,

you will eat the best of the land.

²⁰But if you resist and rebel,

you will be devoured by the sword.”

— Isaiah 1:12-20

(BSB)

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