⁵ “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months ^[a]these ^(A)seventy years, was it actually for ^(B)Me that you fasted? ⁶ And when you eat and when you drink, ^[b]are you not eating for yourselves and are you not drinking for yourselves?

The Priests Defile Yahweh

⁶ “‘A son ^(A)honors his father, and a slave his master. Then if I am a ^(B)father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is the fear of Me?’ says Yahweh of hosts to you, O ^(C)priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ ⁷ You are presenting ^(D)defiled ^[a](E)food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The ^(F)table of Yahweh is to be despised.’ ⁸ But when you present the ^(G)blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Please, bring it near to your ^(H)governor! Would he accept you? Or would he lift up your face?” says Yahweh of hosts.