Our Failure to Learn
Listen to me, you fat cows… you… who oppress the poor and crush the needy, (you) who are always calling…, “Bring us another drink!” The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by His holiness: “The time will come, when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook! You will be led out through the ruins of the wall; …you will be thrown from your fortresses,” says the Lord. “Go ahead and offer sacrifices (to your) idols... Keep on disobeying... Offer sacrifices each morning, and bring your tithes every three days. Present your bread made with yeast, as an offering of thanksgiving. Then give your extra voluntary offerings, so you can brag about it everywhere! This is the kind of thing you…love to do,” says the Sovereign Lord. “I brought hunger to every city and famine… to every town… but still you would not return to Me,” says the Lord....