The LORD says, "I love justice and I hate oppression and crime. I will faithfully reward my people And make an eternal covenant with them.

The LORD says, "I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!

You didn't buy incense for me or satisfy me with the fat of your animals. Instead you burdened me with your sins; you wore me out with the wrongs you have committed.

And now I will crush you to the ground, and you will groan like a cart loaded with grain.

I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.

You have tired the LORD out with your talk. But you ask, "How have we tired him?" By saying, "The LORD Almighty thinks all evildoers are good; in fact he likes them." Or by asking, "Where is the God who is supposed to be just?"