The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;

No evil dwells with You.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

When God heard, He was filled with wrath
And greatly abhorred Israel;

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He abhorred His

inheritance.

“You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth;
Therefore I will

punish you for all your iniquities.”

Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

Abhorred them

And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth;
He has destroyed His appointed meeting place.
The Lord has caused to be forgotten
The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,
And He has despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.

Of his sons

I said, “You are gods,

And all of you are sons of the Most High.

Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth;

For the Lord speaks,
“Sons I have reared and brought up,
But they have revolted against Me.

“What right has My beloved in My house
When she has done many vile deeds?
Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster,

So that you can rejoice?”

General references

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Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?