You have not brought me the lambs and kids for your burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: for every one who steals shall be cut off as written on this side according to it; and every one who swears shall be cut off as written on that side according to it.
You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sniffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD.
And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.
Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.