1. Thus says the Lord:The heavens are my throne,the earth, my footstool.What house can you build for me?Where is the place of my rest?
2. My hand made all these thingswhen all of them came to be—oracle of the Lord.This is the one whom I approve:the afflicted one, crushed in spirit,who trembles at my word.
3. The one slaughtering an ox, striking a man,sacrificing a lamb, breaking a dog’s neck,Making an offering of pig’s blood,burning incense, honoring an idol—These have chosen their own ways,and taken pleasure in their own abominations.
4. I in turn will choose affliction for themand bring upon them what they fear.Because when I called, no one answered,when I spoke, no one listened.Because they did what was evil in my sight,and things I do not delight in they chose,