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Some people kill bulls as a sacrifice,
    but they also beat people.
They kill sheep as a sacrifice,
    but they also break the necks of dogs.
They offer up grain offerings,
    but they also offer the blood of pigs.[a]
They burn incense,
    but they also love their worthless idols.
They choose their own ways,
    and they love their terrible idols.
So I decided to use their own tricks.
    I will punish them using what they are most afraid of.
I will do this because I called to them,
    but they did not answer.
I spoke to them,
    but they did not listen.
They did what I said is evil.
    They chose to do what I did not like.”

You who obey the Lord’s commands,
    listen to what he says:
“Your brothers hated you.
    They turned against you because you followed me.
Your brothers said, ‘When the Lord shows his glory,
    then we will rejoice with you.’
    But they will be punished.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:3 dogs … pigs God did not want his people to offer dogs and pigs as sacrifices.

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