Isaiah 1:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

When

Make many prayers

Matthew 6:7

Matthew 23:14

Your hands

Isaiah 59:2

Jeremiah 7:8

Micah 3:9

General references

Bible References

When

But your iniquities have built barriers
between you and your God,
and your sins have made Him hide His face from you
so that He does not listen.

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

Lift up your hands in the holy place
and praise the Lord!

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”

And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable things they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and repeatedly provoke Me to anger, even putting the branch to their nose?

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

Make many prayers

When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]

Your hands

But your iniquities have built barriers
between you and your God,
and your sins have made Him hide His face from you
so that He does not listen.

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,

General references

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.