“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; yo
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I w
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greates
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep a
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offer
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, ea
Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.