⁹ They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.^(A)’^[a](B)”

³ But whoever sacrifices a bull^(A)
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s^(B) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense^(C)
    is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,^(D)
    and they delight in their abominations;^(E)
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.^(F)
For when I called, no one answered,^(G)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil^(H) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(I)

²⁰ Such a person feeds on ashes;^(A) a deluded^(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(C)”

¹² There is a way that appears to be right,^(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.^(B)