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Unheard Prayers
Commentators unanimously explain that God rejects prayers not because of the posture ('spreading forth your hands') or the quantity ('many prayers'), but because of the hypocrisy behind them. When people engage in religious rituals while their hearts and lives are filled with unrepentant sin, their worship becomes an abomination to God. True prayer requires a heart turned towards God, not just hands raised to Him.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 1:15
18th Century
Theologian
You spread forth your hands - This is an expression denoting the act of supplication. When we ask for help, we naturally stretch out our han…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 1:15
19th Century
Bishop
When ye spread forth your hands.: The words point to the attitude of one who prays, as was the manner of Jews, Greeks, an…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 1:15
19th Century
Preacher
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 bl…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 1:15
16th Century
Theologian
When you spread out your hands—the ancient custom of spreading out the hands in prayer did not arise from superstition, nor did t…
John Gill
On Isaiah 1:15
17th Century
Pastor
And when you spread forth your hands
That is, in prayer, this being a prayer gesture: hence the Targum paraphrases i…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 1:10–15
17th Century
Minister
Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishm…