4 “No one should accuseor blame another person.Don’t blame the people, you priests,when they quarrel with you.
5 You will be ruined one of these days.And your prophets will be ruined with you one of these nights.I will also destroy your mother, the nation of Israel.
6 My people will be destroyedbecause they have no knowledge.You priests have refused to learn.So I will refuse to let you be priests to me.You have forgotten the teachings of your God.So I will reject your children.
7 The more priests there are,the more they sin against me.I will take away their honorand give them nothing but shame.
8 The priests live off the sin offerings of the people.So they want the people to sin more and more.
9 The priests are as wrong as the people.I will punish them both for what they have done.I will repay them for the wrong they have done.
10 “They will eatbut not have enough.They will sin sexually with the prostitutes.But they will not have children.This is because they left the Lord.