⁷ For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

³ Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend `it' in your pleasures.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

¹⁵ 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.

³ Wherefore have we fasted, `say they', and thou seest not? `wherefore' have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find `your own' pleasure, and exact all your labors.

⁴ Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.