19. But am I really the one they are hurting? No, they are hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves.
20. And so I, the Sovereign Lord, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.
21. “My people, some sacrifices you burn completely on the altar, and some you are permitted to eat. But what I, the Lord, say is that you might as well eat them all.
22. I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices, when I brought them out of Egypt.
23. But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live as I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.