4. Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.
5. Thus says the Lord:“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,That they have gone far from Me,Have followed idols,And have become idolaters?
6. Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,Who led us through the wilderness,Through a land of deserts and pits,Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,Through a land that no one crossedAnd where no one dwelt?’
7. I brought you into a bountiful country,To eat its fruit and its goodness.But when you entered, you defiled My landAnd made My heritage an abomination.
8. The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’And those who handle the law did not know Me;The rulers also transgressed against Me;The prophets prophesied by Baal,And walked after things that do not profit.
9. “Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord,“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
10. For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see,Send to Kedar and consider diligently,And see if there has been such a thing.
11. Has a nation changed its gods,Which are not gods?But My people have changed their GloryFor what does not profit.