All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(B)
a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(C)
offering sacrifices in gardens(D)
    and burning incense(E) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(F)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(G)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(H) for you!’
Such people are smoke(I) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

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