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.
8. They eat up the sin of My people;They set their heart on their iniquity.
9. And it shall be: like people, like priest.So I will punish them for their ways,And reward them for their deeds.
10. For they shall eat, but not have enough;They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.
11. “Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.