Isaiah 1:15 (LSB)

Passage

So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Indeed, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:13 Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of convocation— I cannot endure wickedness and the solemn assembly.

Isaiah 1:14 My soul hates your new moon festivals and your appointed times, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Isaiah 1:15 So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Indeed, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 1:16 “Wash yourselves, purify yourselves; Remove the evil of your deeds from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Execute justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "My soul hates your new moon festivals..." into verse 16's "Wash yourselves purify yourselves Remove the evil...", so "spread" and "hands" 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 "spread" and "hands" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.