Israel will come to worship the Lord. They will bring their animals to offer as sacrifices. But they will not find him. He has turned away from them.

他们必牵着牛羊去寻求耶和华，却寻不见；他已经转去离开他们。

他们牵着牛羊去寻求耶和华，却寻不着；因他已转去离开他们。

他们牵着牛羊去寻求耶和华，却寻不着；因他已转去离开他们。

他们牵着牛羊去寻求耶和华，却寻不到，因为祂已离他们而去。

虽然他们带着牛群羊群去寻求耶和华，却寻不见；他已经离开他们远去了。

他們必牽着牛羊去尋求耶和華，卻尋不見；他已經轉去離開他們。

他們牽着牛羊去尋求耶和華，卻尋不着；因他已轉去離開他們。

他們牽着牛羊去尋求耶和華，卻尋不着；因他已轉去離開他們。

他們牽著牛羊去尋求耶和華，卻尋不到，因為祂已離他們而去。

雖然他們帶著牛群羊群去尋求耶和華，卻尋不見；他已經離開他們遠去了。

他們必牽着羊羣牛羣去尋求永恆主，卻尋不見；他已退去、離開了他們了。

彼將攜其牛羊、往求耶和華而不遇、已離之矣、

彼牽牛羊、求我耶和華、我遐棄之、求而不得、

彼牽牛羊往求主、求而不得、主已遐棄之、

When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the Lord, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

“ With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the Lord, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord but do not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find[ him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him– he has withdrawn himself from them!

They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

The people of Israel say,“ What should we bring with us when we go to worship the Lord? What should we offer the God of heaven when we bow down to him? Should we take burnt offerings to him? Should we sacrifice calves that are a year old?Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams? Will he take delight in 10,000 rivers of olive oil? Should we offer our oldest sons for the wrong things we’ve done? Should we sacrifice our own children to pay for our sins?”

“ Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

You will look for me, but you won’t find me. You can’t come where I am going.”

You have covered yourself with the cloud of your anger. Our prayers can’t get through to you.

“ Do you think I need any more of your sacrifices?” asks the Lord.“ I have more than enough of your burnt offerings. I have more than enough of rams and the fat of your fattest animals. I do not find any pleasure in the blood of your bulls, lambs and goats.Who asked you to bring all these animals when you come to worship me? Who asked you and your animals to walk all over my courtyards?Stop bringing offerings that do not mean anything to me! I hate your incense. I can’t stand your worthless gatherings. I can’t stand the way you celebrate your New Moon feasts, Sabbath days and special services.Your New Moon feasts and your other appointed feasts I hate with my whole being. They have become a heavy load to me. I am tired of carrying it.You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

The Lord hates the sacrifice of sinful people. But the prayers of honest people please him.

He said to me,“ Son of man, do you see what the Israelites are doing here? They are doing things I hate very much. Those things will cause me to go far away from my temple. But you will see things I hate even more.”

Do not trust in lies. Do not say,‘ This is the temple of the Lord! This is the temple of the Lord! This is the temple of the Lord!’

So I say,‘ I will bring trouble on them. They will not be able to escape it. They will cry out to me. But I will not listen to them.

But others are not like that. They sacrifice bulls to me, but at the same time they kill people. They offer lambs to me, but they also sacrifice dogs to other gods. They bring grain offerings to me, but they also offer pig’s blood to other gods. They burn incense to me, but they also worship statues of gods. They have chosen to go their own way. They take delight in things I hate.

Moses answered,“ We’ll go with our young people and old people. We’ll go with our sons and daughters. We’ll take our flocks and herds. We are supposed to hold a feast to honor the Lord.”

I opened the door for my love. But he had left and was gone. My heart sank because he had left. I looked for him but didn’t find him. I called out to him, but he didn’t answer.

The Lord says,“ I hate your holy feasts. I can’t stand them. Your gatherings stink.You bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. You bring your best friendship offerings. But I will not even look at them.Take the noise of your songs away! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses. He said to him,“ Go. Worship the Lord. Even your women and children can go with you. Just leave your flocks and herds behind.”But Moses said,“ You must allow us to take our animals. We need to offer them as sacrifices and burnt offerings to the Lord our God.Our livestock must also go with us. We have to use some of them to worship the Lord our God. We can’t leave even one animal behind. Until we get there, we won’t know what we are supposed to use to worship the Lord.”

So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

But Jesus often went away to be by himself and pray.

God hates sacrifices that are brought by evil people. He hates it even more when they bring them for the wrong reason.

The time will come when Israel will cry out to the Lord. But he won’t answer them. In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them. They have done what is evil.