²¹ This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Add your ^(A)burnt offerings to your sacrifices and ^(B)eat flesh. ²² For I did not ^(C)speak to your fathers, or command them on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. ²³ But this is ^[a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘^(D)Obey My voice, and ^(E)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk ^[b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may ^(F)go well for you.’ ²⁴ Yet they ^(G)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they ^[c](H)went backward and not forward. ²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have ^(I)sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, again and again. ²⁶ Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but ^(J)stiffened their neck; they ^(K)did more evil than their fathers.