Isaiah 66:1-3

Expanded Bible

“Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.
So ·do you think you can build a house for me [^Lwhere is this house you would build for me]?
    ·Do I need a place to rest [Where is my resting place]?
² [^LHasn’t…?] My hand made all things.
    All things are here because I made them,”
says the Lord.

“These are the people ·I am pleased with [^Lupon whom I look]:
    those who are ·not proud or stubborn [humble and contrite in spirit]
    and who ·fear [tremble at] my word.
³ But those people who kill bulls as a sacrifice to me
    are like those who kill people.
Those who kill sheep as a sacrifice
    are like those who break the necks of dogs.
Those who give me ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offerings [Lev. 2:1]
    are like those who offer me the blood of pigs [^Cdogs and pigs were ritually unclean animals and were forbidden as sacrifices].
Those who burn incense
    are like those who worship idols [^Ctheir rituals were no better than pagan worship because their hearts were not right with God].
These people choose their own ways, not mine,
    and they ·love [delight in] ·the terrible things they do [their abominations].