Jeremiah 7:21-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Heap your burnt offerings upon your sacrifices; eat up the meat! 22 In speaking to your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I gave them no command[a] concerning burnt offering or sacrifice. 23 This rather is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk exactly in the way I command you, so that you may prosper.(A)
24 But they did not listen to me, nor did they pay attention. They walked in the stubbornness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me.(B) 25 From the day that your ancestors left the land of Egypt even to this day, I kept on sending all my servants the prophets to you.(C) 26 Yet they have not listened to me nor have they paid attention; they have stiffened their necks and done worse than their ancestors.(D)
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