KJV ORIGINAL
My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And the food I gave you — the best flour, olive oil, and honey that I used to take care of you — you turned around and offered it to other gods like some kind of sweet-smelling sacrifice. That's exactly what happened, says the Lord God.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's calling out how they took his gifts and used them to worship someone else entirely.
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