¹⁴ Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, [1] and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God;’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?