"For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

" I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.

You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

" Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.

I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

You have wearied the LORD with your words; Yet you say, "In what way have we wearied [Him?"] In that you say, "Everyone who does evil [Is] good in the sight of the LORD, And He delights in them," Or, "Where [is] the God of justice?"