Israel was still devoutly religious, but God wasn’t impressed. Here’s why: He demands both justice and righteousness from His people. This means He wants both outward religious loyalty and morality and love for those on the bottom of society’s totem pole. All of us have a tendency to lean toward one or the other: Straight-laced, doctrinally correct moral living or self-sacrificial compassion toward the least of these. But God wants both.