Isaiah 1: 10 - 17
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| 10
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Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomor'rah!
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| 11
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"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
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| 12
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"When you come to appear before me, who requires of you this trampling of my courts?
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| 13
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Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
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| 14
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them.
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| 15
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When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
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| 16
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Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
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| 17
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learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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