1. Listen to the word of the Lord, sons of Israel, for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land. Yet there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.
2. Slander, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.
3. Because of this, the land will mourn, and all who dwell in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.
4. So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.
5. And you will be ruined on this day, and now the prophet will be ruined with you. In the night, I have made your mother to be silent.
6. My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.
7. According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me. I will change their glory into disgrace.
8. They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.
9. And, just as it is with the people, so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them for their intentions.
10. And they will eat and not be satisfied. They have been committing fornication, and they did not cease. Since they have abandoned the Lord, they will not be safeguarded.
11. Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, have taken away their heart.
12. My people have inquired of their stave, and their staff has announced to them. For the spirit of fornication has deceived them, and they have been fornicating before their God.