Isaiah 66:2-4

New International Reader's Version

“The people I value are not proud.
    They are sorry for the wrong things they have done.
    They have great respect for what I say.
³ But others are not like that.
    They sacrifice bulls to me,
    but at the same time they kill people.
They offer lambs to me,
    but they also sacrifice dogs to other gods.
They bring grain offerings to me,
    but they also offer pig’s blood to other gods.
They burn incense to me,
    but they also worship statues of gods.
They have chosen to go their own way.
    They take delight in things I hate.
⁴ So I have also made a choice.
    I will make them suffer greatly.
    I will bring on them what they are afraid of.
When I called out to them, no one answered me.
    When I spoke to them, no one listened.
They did what is evil in my sight.
    They chose to do what displeases me.”