Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands
That is, in prayer, this being a prayer gesture: hence the Targum paraphrases it,
``and when the priests spread out their hands to pray for you.''
I will hide mine eyes from you;
will not look upon them, nor regard their prayer; see (
Lamentations 3:42 )
yea, when ye make many prayers;
as the Scribes and Pharisees did in Christ's time, and thought to be heard for their much speaking, like the Gentiles, (
Matthew 6:7 )
I will not hear;
so as to give an answer, or fulfil their requests: the reason follows,
your hands are full of blood;
of the prophets of the Lord, of Christ and his followers, whom they put to death.