²⁴ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, That you have taken my covenant on your lips,

¹⁷ Seeing you hate instruction, And throw my words behind you?

¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.

¹⁹ "You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

²¹ You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a fattened calf with hatred.

¹ Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

³ To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

¹¹ "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.

¹² When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

¹³ Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.

¹⁴ My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵ When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

⁶ When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

²⁸ They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.