“ ‘ That is how this people is, and that is how this nation is before me, ’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘ and that is how all the work of their hands is, and whatever they present there. It is unclean. ’ ”
Lai gan šie liekulīgie ļaudis kaut ko upurēja uz pagaidu altāra Jeruzalemē, Jehovam viņu upuri nebija pieņemami, jo viņiem nerūpēja patiesās pielūgsmes nams.