These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

“You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves.

But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’