5. Therefore shalt thou stumble and fall in the yom, and the navi also shall stumble and fall with thee in the lailah, and I will destroy thy em.
6. Ami are destroyed for lack of da'as (knowledge); because thou hast rejected da'as, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no kohen to Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the torat Eloheicha, I will also forget thy banim.
7. The more they increased, the more they sinned against Me; therefore will I change their kavod into kalon (ignominy, shame).
8. They [i.e., the kohanim] feed on the chattat (sin) of Ami, and they relish their avon (iniquity).