7 Your land is ruined;your cities have been burned with fire.While you watch,your enemies are stealing everything from your land;it is ruined like a country destroyed by enemies.
8 Jerusalem is left alonelike an empty shelter in a vineyard,like a hut left in a field of melons,like a city surrounded by enemies.
9 The Lord All-Powerfulallowed a few of our people to live.Otherwise we would have been completely destroyedlike the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
10 Jerusalem, your rulers are like those of Sodom,and your people are like those of Gomorrah.Hear the word of the Lord;listen to the teaching of our God!
11 The Lord says,“I do not want all these sacrifices.I have had enough of your burnt sacrificesof male sheep and fat from fine animals.I am not pleasedby the blood of bulls, lambs, and goats.
12 You come to meet with me,but who asked you to doall this running in and out of my Temple’s rooms?
13 Don’t continue bringing me worthless sacrifices!I hate the incense you burn.I can’t stand your New Moons, Sabbaths, and other feast days;I can’t stand the evil you do in your holy meetings.