¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(A) in prayer,
    I hide^(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(C)

Your hands^(D) are full of blood!^(E)

¹⁶ Wash^(F) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(G)
    stop doing wrong.^(H)
17 Learn to do right;^(I) seek justice.^(J)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](K)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(L)
    plead the case of the widow.^(M)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(N)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(O)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(P)