1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me;I appeared to those who did not look for me.I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’to a nation that did not invoke my name.
2 I spread out my hands all day longto my rebellious people,who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable,and who did what they desired.
3 These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchardsand burn incense on brick altars.
4 They sit among the tombsand keep watch all night long.They eat pork,and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.
5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself!Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’These people are like smoke in my nostrils,like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
6 Look, I have decreed:I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand offended me on the hills,I will punish them in full measure.”