Tetapi karena kalian memilih cara hidup yang jauh dari kehendak-Ku, dan menyukai dosa-dosamu yang najis itu, maka kurban persembahanmu pun najis di mata-Ku! Ketika kalian menyembelih sapi jantan, bagi-Ku kalian seperti sedang membunuh orang. Domba muda yang kalian persembahkan, bagi-Ku itu sama najisnya seperti anjing mati. Persembahan gandum-gandumanmu menjijikkan seperti darah babi. Dan saat kalian membakar kemenyan, di mata-Ku kalian seperti sedang menyembah berhala.
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.