And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
When you lift up your hands to pray, I will look away from you. Even when you pray many prayers, I will not listen to you because your hands are stained with blood.
God is saying that He won't listen to prayers from people whose lives are filled with violence and injustice toward others.
📚 Historical Context
In the 8th century BC, the prophet Isaiah was delivering God's message to the people of Judah, who were outwardly performing religious rituals like prayer while living in moral corruption and social injustice. This verse specifically addresses their hypocrisy, as God rejects their prayers because their hands were "full of blood," symbolizing violence, oppression, and unrepentant sin amid their nation's prosperity. It fits into a broader biblical narrative where prophets called for genuine repentance rather than empty religious observances.
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