Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David, and he said, Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and your naughty heart, for you have come down to see the battle.

And David said, What have I done now? Was it not just words?

Again, I considered all labor, and every successful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and striving of spirit.

But there were some who were indignant within themselves, and said, Why was this ointment wasted?

Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray Him, said,

This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the moneybag; and he used to take what was put in it.

But he said, You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

saying, When will the new moon have passed, so that we may buy grain? Or the sabbath, so that we may open the wheat; making the ephah smaller, and making the shekel greater, and falsifying the balances by deceit,

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, saying, This people says, The time has not come, the time for the house of Jehovah to be built.

Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, and this house to lie waste?

You offer defiled food on My altar, and say, In what way have we defiled You? By saying, The table of Jehovah is to be held in contempt.

And now entreat the face of the Mighty God, that He may be gracious to us. This has been by your hands; will He receive you favorably? says Jehovah of Hosts.