When first reading Isiah one can detect a tone of parental scolding, yet as one continues to read on the tone changes to an angered child that contradicts himself towards the end. The text states, “When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.” The tone and the phrasing of the verse does not seem like the confident God introduced in Genesis. Instead, in his stead is a child that will say and do anything to get his way and to have all the attention brought back to
When first reading Isiah one can detect a tone of parental scolding, yet as one continues to read on the tone changes to an angered child that contradicts himself towards the end. The text states, “When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.” The tone and the phrasing of the verse does not seem like the confident God introduced in Genesis. Instead, in his stead is a child that will say and do anything to get his way and to have all the attention brought back to