Isaiah 1:15 (GNV)

Passage

And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:13 Bring no more oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies.

Isaiah 1:14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them.

Isaiah 1:15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 1:16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.

Isaiah 1:17 Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "stretch", "hands", "hide", "mine", "eyes", "though", and "make". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "stretch", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "My soule hateth your newe moones and..." into verse 16's "Wash you make you cleane take away...", so "shall" and "stretch" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "stretch" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.