1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”