1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye sons of Israel; for the Lord contends with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the earth.
2 By swearing and lying and murdering and stealing and committing adultery, they prevailed, and blood touches blood.
3 Therefore the earth shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall be cut off, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; and even the fishes of the sea shall be caught.
4 Certainly man does not contend with nor reprehend man; for thy people are as those that resist the priest.
5 Therefore thou shalt fall in the day, and the prophet shall also fall with thee by night, and I will cut off thy mother.
6 My people were cut off because they lacked wisdom; because thou hast rejected wisdom, I will cast thee out of the priesthood; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy sons.