(Isaiah 1:11-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle
Give the thrills of a baby’s rattle.
“I don’t dig it!” says the Lord;
“Your offerings are\u00a0a real bore
And you’re dirtying up My court! (12)
Just take you trash and go home; (13)
I hate your new moons and appointed feasts! (14)
Though they might be bringin’ you some peace,
When you spread your hands, I hide My eyes! (15)
You know I find you all quite disgusting;
Forgot my Word and for this world you’re lusting;
You got to wash yourselves and get clean!
Get your evil right out o’ My sight; (16)
Quit doin’ what’s wicked and do what’s right!
I said: reprove the ruthless and defend the orphan
And for the widow you got to plead! (17)
Come on!\u00a0 Let\u2019s talk.\u00a0 I got somethin’ to say: (18)
You know your sins are lookin’ real bloody,
But I’ll make you so you’re no longer cruddy.
You’ll be clean and white as snow;
No more o’ that bloody-lookin’ glow.\u00a0
Do right by Me and you’ll get the best, (19)
Even better than a My Pillow rest!
‘But,’ says the Lord, ‘if you want to stay in trouble,
I can make your sorrows double!
You don’t want to mess with Me!'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0730 on 7 March, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Isaiah 1:11-19) Burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle Give the thrills of a baby’s rattle. “I don’t dig it!” says the Lord; “Your offerings are\u00a0a real bore And you’re dirtying up My court! (12) Just take you trash and go home; (13) I hate your new moons and appointed feasts! (14) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,9,12,54,18,30,52,53,31,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5826,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions\/5826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}