Isaiah 1:10–17

¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah! ¹¹To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure. ¹²When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand—to tread my courts? ¹³Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, —new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations—wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear. ¹⁴Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them. ¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; —cease to do evil, ¹⁷learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.