⁷ For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

³ You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

⁸ The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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

¹⁵ 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.

³ Why have we fasted, [say they], and you don't see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

⁴ Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.