Jeremiah 7:21-24 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

21. “My people, some sacrifices you burn completely on the altar, and some you are permitted to eat. But what I, the Lord, say is that you might as well eat them all.

22. I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices, when I brought them out of Egypt.

23. But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live as I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.

24. But they did not obey or pay any attention. Instead, they did whatever their stubborn and evil hearts told them to do, and they became worse instead of better.

Jeremiah 7