²⁴     No sweet cane, no money or glorious excess have you given to Me.
        You didn’t even try to satisfy Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
    Instead, you tired Me with your sins—bloodshed and lies, crimes and offenses;
        you wore Me down with all your belligerence and faults.
²⁵     So let’s get this clear: it’s for My own sake that I save you.
        I am He who wipes the slate clean and erases your wrongdoing.
        I will not call to mind your sins anymore.
²⁶     Now help Me remember. Let’s get this settled.
        State your case, and prove to Me that you are in the right.