Isaiah 1:15 (YLT)

Passage

And 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.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:13 Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity--and a restraint!

Isaiah 1:14 Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.

Isaiah 1:15 And 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.

Isaiah 1:16 Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

Isaiah 1:17 Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Your new moons and your set seasons..." into verse 16's "Wash ye make ye pure Turn aside...", so "spreading" and "forth" 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 "spreading" and "forth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.