1  ^yI was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;

I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, “Here I am, here I am,”

to a nation that was not called by¹ my name.

2  ^zI spread out my hands all the day

to a ^arebellious people,

who walk in a way that is not good,

following their own devices;

3  a people who provoke me

to my face continually,

sacrificing in ^bgardens

and making offerings on bricks;

4  who sit in tombs,

and spend the night in secret places;

who eat ^cpig’s flesh,

and broth of ^dtainted meat is in their vessels;

5  who say, “Keep to yourself,

do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”

These are a smoke in my nostrils,

a fire that burns all the day.