Isaiah 1:15

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When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

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Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, and Zion, originally its fortified hill, became a name for the city and its temple-centered worship. In this rebuke, God addresses a people whose sacrifices and prayers in Zion are rejected because their hands are full of bloodshed and injustice.

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Isaiah 1:15 mentions Jerusalem and Zion.

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