Why have you kicked away my victims, and my gifts which I commanded to be offered in the temple: and thou hast rather honoured thy sons than me, to eat the firstfruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
לָ֣מָּה תִבְעֲט֗וּ בְּזִבְחִי֙ וּבְמִנְחָתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי מָע֑וֹן וַתְּכַבֵּ֤ד אֶת־בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי לְהַבְרִֽיאֲכֶ֗ם מֵרֵאשִׁ֛ית כָּל־מִנְחַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְעַמִּֽי׃
One Church Father comments on this verse
At times, deeper wrongs arise when wicked individuals seek equality over adherence to doctrine. For instance, Elias, driven by misguided emotions and reluctant to discipline his wayward sons, found himself alongside them subject to stern judgment, as the Divine voice asks: Why do you honor your sons more than me?
Passages read together with this verse.
THEOSIS