3 These people continually provoke Meto My face,sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,
4 sitting among the graves,spending nights in secret places,eating the meat of pigs, and putting polluted broth in their bowls.
5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself,don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you! ’These practices are smoke in My nostrils,a fire that burns all day long.
6 It is written before Me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully
7 for your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,”says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand reproached Me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds.”
8 The Lord says this:As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,for there’s some good in it,’so I will act because of My servantsand not destroy them all.
9 I will produce descendants from Jacob, and heirs to My mountains from Judah;My chosen ones will possess it,and My servants will dwell there.