Jeremiah 7:22-24

International Standard Version

²² Indeed, when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I didn’t speak or command them about burnt offering and sacrifice, ²³ but I did give them this command:^[a] ‘Obey me and I’ll be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you so it will go well for you.’ ²⁴ But they didn’t listen,^[b] nor did they pay attention.^[c] They pursued their own plans,^[d] stubbornly following their own evil desires.^[e] They went backward and not forward.