14 Your New Moons and your appointed feastsMy soul hates;They are a trouble to Me,I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands,I will hide My eyes from you;Even though you make many prayers,I will not hear.Your hands are full of blood.
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;Seek justice,Rebuke the oppressor;Defend the fatherless,Plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,”Says the Lord,“Though your sins are like scarlet,They shall be as white as snow;Though they are red like crimson,They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,You shall be devoured by the sword”;For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.