1. The Lord says, “I made myself known to people who were not looking for me.I was found by those who were not asking me for help.I spoke to a nation that was not praying to me.I said, ‘Here I am. Here I am.’
2. All day long I stood ready to acceptpeople who turned against me.But the way they continue to live is not good.They do anything they want to do.
3. Right in front of me they continueto do things that make me angry.They offer sacrifices to their false gods in their gardens.They burn incense on altars of brick.
4. They sit among the graves.They spend their nights waiting to get messages from the dead.They eat the meat of pigs.Their pots are full of soup made from meat that is wrong to eat.
5. But they tell others, ‘Stay away. Don’t come near me.I am too holy for you.’These people are like smoke in my nose.Like a fire that burns all the time, they continue to make me angry.
6. “Look, it is written here before me.I will not be quiet. Instead, I will repay you in full.I will punish you for what you have done.