Isaiah 1 · Verse 15

Isaiah 1:15

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.
Isaiah 1:15, King James Version

Isaiah 1:15 in other translations

BSBWhen 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.
WEBWhen 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yes, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

What does Isaiah 1:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. (Psa 66:18; Pr 28:9; La 3:43, 44). spread ... hands--in prayer (1Ki 8:22). Hebrew, "bloods," for all heinous sins, persecution of God's servants especially (Mt 23:35). It was the vocation of the prophets to dispel the delusion, so contrary to the law itself (De 10:16), that outward ritualism would satisfy God.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 When ye spread - The Syriac, Septuagint, and a MS., read בפרשכם beparshecem, without the conjunction ו vau. Your hands "For your hands" - Αἱ γαρ χειρες - Sept. Manus enim vestrae-Vulg. They seem to have read כי ידיכם ki yedeychem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 1:10-15

Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin. Many who will readily part with their sacrifices, will not be persuaded to part with their sins. They relied on the mere form as a service deserving a reward. The most costly devotions of wicked people, without thorough…

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Isaiah 1:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶ֣םu.ve.fa.ris.Khemand when spread out youH6566
כַּפֵּיכֶ֗םka.pei.Khemhands yourH3709
אַעְלִ֤ים'a'.LimI will hideH5956
עֵינַי֙'ei.Naieyes myH5869
מִכֶּ֔םmi.Kemfrom you
גַּ֛םgamalsoH1571
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תַרְבּ֥וּtar.Buyou will multiplyH7235
תְפִלָּ֖הte.fi.LahprayerH8605
אֵינֶ֣נִּי'ei.Ne.ninot IH369
שֹׁמֵ֑עַsho.Me.a'[will be] hearingH8085
יְדֵיכֶ֖םye.dei.Khemhands yourH3027
דָּמִ֥יםda.Mimblood<s>H1818
מָלֵֽאוּ\׃ma.Le.'uthey are fullH4390

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 1:15

  • Micah 3:4

    Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

  • Isaiah 59:2-3

    But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

  • Proverbs 1:28

    Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

  • Zechariah 7:13

    Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

  • Jeremiah 7:8-10

    Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

  • Psalms 66:18

    If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

  • Jeremiah 14:12

    When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  • Isaiah 58:7

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • Luke 13:25-28

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  • 1 Kings 8:22

    And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  • Psalms 55:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
when.
59:2; 1Ki 8:22,54; Ezr 9:5; Job 27:8,9,20; Ps 66:18; 134:2
Pr 1:28; Jer 14:12; Eze 8:17,18; Mic 3:4; Zec 7:13; Lu 13:25-28
1Ti 2:8
I will.
58:7; Ps 55:1
make many prayers. Heb. multiply prayer.
Mt 6:7; 23:14
your hands.
59:2,3; Jer 7:8-10; Mic 3:9-11
blood. Heb. bloods.

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Context

  • Isaiah 1:14

    Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

  • Isaiah 1:15

    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.

  • Isaiah 1:16

    Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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Isaiah 1:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando extendiereis vuestras manos, yo esconderé de vosotros mis ojos: asimismo cuando multiplicareis la oración, yo no oiré: llenas están de sangre vuestras manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand vous étendrez vos mains, je cacherai de vous mes yeux; quand même vous multiplierez la prière, je n’écouterai pas. Vos mains sont pleines de sang.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn ihr eure Hände ausbreitet, verhülle ich meine Augen vor euch; selbst wenn ihr des Betens viel machet, höre ich nicht: eure Hände sind voll Blutes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et cum extenderitis manus vestras, avertam oculos meos a vobis, et cum multiplicaveritis orationem, non exaudiam: manus enim vestræ sanguine plenæ sunt.