1 The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: “There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.
2 They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.
3 And so the land will dry up, and everything that lives on it will die. All the animals and birds, and even the fish, will die.”
4 The Lord says, “Let no one accuse the people or reprimand them—my complaint is against you priests.
5 Night and day you blunder on, and the prophets do no better than you. I am going to destroy Israel, your mother.
6 My people are doomed because they do not acknowledge me. You priests have refused to acknowledge me and have rejected my teaching, and so I reject you and will not acknowledge your sons as my priests.