6. I am the Lord, and I do not change;and you, children of Jacob, have not perished.
7. Ever since the time of your ancestors,you have deviated from my lawsand have not kept them.Return to me and I will return to you,says the Lord of heavenly forces.But you say,"How should we return?"
8. Should a person deceive God?Yet you deceive me.But you say,"How have we deceived you?"With your tenth-part gifts and offerings.
9. You are being cursed with a curse,and you, the entire nation, are robbing me.