¹³ You also say, ‘^[a]My, how ^(A)tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by ^(B)robbery and what is ^(C)lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I ^(D)receive that from your hand?” says the Lord.

¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is ^(A)vain to serve God; and what ^(B)profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts?