The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Haggai 2:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Haggai replied, ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then answered Haggai, So is this people and so is this nation before Me, says the Lord; and so is every work of their hands, and what they offer there [on the altar] is unclean [because they who offer it are themselves unclean]. American Standard Version (1901) Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. Common English Bible Then Haggai responded: Thus has this people and this nation become to me, says the LORD, and everything that they do with their hands. Whatever they offer is unclean. Catholic Public Domain Version And Haggai said, "If the polluted in soul will have touched any of all these things, shall it be contaminated?" And the priests responded and said, "It shall be contaminated." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Aggeus said: If one that is unclean by occasion of a soul touch any of all these things, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered, and said: It shall be defiled. |
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!
The lamp that guides the wicked – haughty eyes and an arrogant heart #– #is sin.
Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.
One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.
They will not pour out their wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please him. Their food will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it become defiled. For their bread will be for their appetites alone; it will not enter the house of the Lord.
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.