Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"Addyour burntofferingsto your sacrificesand eatflesh.
"I do not reproveyou for your sacrifices,And your burntofferingsare continuallybeforeMe.
"You have not broughtto Me the sheepof your burntofferings,Norhave you honoredMe with your sacrifices.I have not burdenedyou with offerings,Norweariedyou with incense.
"Whenthey fast,I am not going to listento their cry;and whenthey offerburntofferingand grain offering,I am not going to acceptthem. RatherI am going to makean endof them by the sword,famineand pestilence."
"For whatpurposedoes frankincensecometo Me from ShebaAnd the sweetcanefrom a distantland?Your burntofferingsare not acceptableAnd your sacrificesare not pleasingto Me."
"Thereforesayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"You eat[meat] with the blood[in it], liftup your eyesto your idolsas you shedblood.Should you then possessthe land?
As for My sacrificialgifts,They sacrificethe fleshand eat[it], [But] the LORDhas takennodelightin them. NowHe will remembertheir iniquity,And punish[them] for their sins;They will returnto Egypt.
"And you shall offeryour burntofferings,the fleshand the blood,on the altarof the LORDyour God;and the bloodof your sacrificesshall be pouredout on the altarof the LORDyour God,and you shall eatthe flesh.
