Study Desk

I have let myself be consulted by them who had not asked, I have suffered myself to be found by them who had not sought me, - I have said, Here I am! Here I am! Unto a nation that had not been called by my name,

I have spread out my hands all the day, Unto a rebellious people, - Who walk In the way that is not good, After their own devices.

The people who are provoking me to anger to my face continually, - Sacrificing in gardens, and Burning incense upon bricks;

Who tarry among groves, And in the secret places, do lodge, Who eat the flesh of swine, And the broth of refuse things is in their vessels, -

Who say - Draw near by thyself, Do not approach with me, For I am holier than thou! These, are A smoke in my nostrils, A fire, burning all the day.

Lo! it is written before me, - I will not keep silence, But I have recompensed, and will recompense into their bosom:

Your own iniquities, And the, iniquities of your fathers together, Saith Yahweh, Who have burned incense upon the mountains, And upon the hills, have reproached me, - Therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.