2. By swearing and lying,Killing and stealing and committing adultery,They break all restraint,With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
3. Therefore the land will mourn;And everyone who dwells there will waste awayWith the beasts of the fieldAnd the birds of the air;Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
4. “Now let no man contend, or rebuke another;For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
5. Therefore you shall stumble in the day;The prophet also shall stumble with you in the night;And I will destroy your mother.
6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.Because you have rejected knowledge,I also will reject you from being priest for Me;Because you have forgotten the law of your God,I also will forget your children.
7. “The more they increased,The more they sinned against Me;I will change their glory into shame.