"Hands, hands, fingers, thumb...
"Hands, hands, fingers, thumb; dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum!" Dr. Seuss' playful poem helps kids read and enjoy the particularities of the parts of the hand and what it can do. Isaiah refers to hands that are full of religious practices, but devoid of ethical action. Isaiah would have liked the Peanuts cartoon where Linus is waxing eloquently over his hands as he eats a sandwich, imagining that his hands may one day build mighty bridges, hit home runs, or write soul-stirring novels.
