1. Hear the word of יהוה, you children of Yisra’ĕl, for יהוה has a case against the inhabitants of the land: “For there is no truth or kindness or knowledge of Elohim in the land.
2. “Swearing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery have increased. And bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3. “Therefore the land mourns, and everyone living there languishes, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens. And the fish of the sea are taken away.
4. “However, let no one strive or reprove another, for your people are like those striving with a priest.
5. “And you shall stumble in the day, and the prophet shall also stumble with you in the night. And I shall make your mother perish.