20The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:
21Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
22But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.
23You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.
24You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.
25I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
26Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
