2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
3 a people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense upon altars of brick;
4 who remain asleep among the graves, and lodge in the deserts, who eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 who say, Stand by thyself, do not come near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
7 For your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, who have burned incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore, I will measure their former work into their bosom.
8 Thus has the Lord said, As when one has found new wine in a cluster and says, Do not destroy it; for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my slaves’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.