Isaiah 66:1-3

New International Reader's Version

“Heaven is my throne.
    The earth is under my control.
So how could you ever build a house for me?
    Where would my resting place be?
² Didn’t I make everything by my power?
    That is how all things were created,”
    announces the Lord.

“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.