TSK · Isaiah 1:15

Solomon Prays for Israel Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the LORD my God.

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

I will wait patiently for the LORD, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

He said to me,“Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!

Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.

When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’