4. But let no one accuse, let no one rebuke;with you is my dispute, priest!
5. You will stumble in the day,and the prophet will stumble with you at night;I will make an end of your mother.
6. My people are ruined for lack of knowledge!Since you have rejected knowledge,I will reject you from serving as my priest;Since you have forgotten the law of your God,I will also forget your children.
7. The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against me,I will change their glory into shame.
8. They feed on the sin of my people,and are greedy for their iniquity.
9. Like people, like priest:I will punish them for their ways,and repay them for their deeds.
10. They will eat but not be satisfied,they will promote prostitution but not increase,Because they have abandoned the Lord,devoting themselves
11. to prostitution.Aged wine and new winetake away understanding.
12. My people consult their piece of wood,and their wand makes pronouncements for them,For the spirit of prostitution has led them astray;they prostitute themselves, forsaking their God.
13. On the mountaintops they offer sacrificeand on the hills they burn incense,Beneath oak and poplar and terebinth,because of their pleasant shade.Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves,and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14. I will not punish your daughters for their prostitution,nor your daughters-in-law for their adultery,Because the men themselves consort with prostitutes,and with temple women they offer sacrifice!Thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.
15. Though you prostitute yourself, Israel,do not let Judah become guilty!Do not come to Gilgal,do not go up to Beth-aven,do not swear, “As the Lord lives!”