1 Thus says the Lord:The heavens are my throne,the earth, my footstool.What house can you build for me?Where is the place of my rest?
2 My hand made all these thingswhen all of them came to be—oracle of the Lord.This is the one whom I approve:the afflicted one, crushed in spirit,who trembles at my word.
3 The one slaughtering an ox, striking a man,sacrificing a lamb, breaking a dog’s neck,Making an offering of pig’s blood,burning incense, honoring an idol—These have chosen their own ways,and taken pleasure in their own abominations.
4 I in turn will choose affliction for themand bring upon them what they fear.Because when I called, no one answered,when I spoke, no one listened.Because they did what was evil in my sight,and things I do not delight in they chose,