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.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge,I will reject you from being My priest.And because you have forgotten the law of your God,I will also forget your children.
7 As they increased, so they sinned against Me.I will change their glory into shame.