1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,for the Lord has a disputewith the inhabitants of the land:There is no truth or mercy,and no knowledge of God in the land.
2 Swearing, lying, and killing,and stealing and adulterybreak out,and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 Therefore the land dries up,and everyone who lives in it witherswith the beasts of the fieldand the birds of the sky;even the fish of the sea disappear.
4 Yet let no one contend,and let none reprove another,for your people are like thosethat contend with a priest.
5 You will stumble in the day,and the prophet also will stumble with you in the night,and I will destroy your mother.