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).
9. And there shall be, like Am (People), like kohen; and I will visit them with punishment for their ways, and repay them for their doings.
10. For they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase; because they have abandoned being shomer to heed Hashem.
11. Zenut (prostitution, whoredom) and yayin and tirosh take away the lev (understanding).
12. Ami (My people) consult a piece of wood, and their staff declareth unto them; for the ruach zenunim hath caused them to err, and they have played the zonah, forsaking Eloheihem.