Jeremiah 7:22-24

GOD’S WORD Translation

²² When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, I did not tell them anything about burnt offerings and sacrifices. ²³ But I did tell them this, ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Live the way I told you to live so that things will go well for you.’ ²⁴ But they didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. They followed their own plans and their stubborn, evil ways. They went backward and not forward.