Jeremiah 7:21-28

Common English Bible

²¹ This is what the Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: Add your entirely burned offerings to your sacrifices and eat them yourselves! ²² On the day I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I didn’t say a thing—I gave no instructions—about entirely burned offerings or sacrifices. ²³ Rather, this is what I required of them: Obey me so that I may become your God and you may become my people. Follow the path I mark out for you so that it may go well with you. ²⁴ But they didn’t listen or pay attention. They followed their willful and evil hearts and went backward rather than forward. ²⁵ From the moment your ancestors left the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent you all my servants the prophets—day after day. ²⁶ But they didn’t listen to me or pay attention; they were stubborn and did more harm than their ancestors. ²⁷ When you tell them all this, they won’t listen to you. When you call to them, they won’t respond. ²⁸ Therefore, say to them: This nation neither obeys the Lord its God nor accepts correction; truth has disappeared; it has vanished from their lips.