So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.