3 Because of this the land dries up,and all its people are dying.Even the wild animals and the birds of the airand the fish of the sea are dying.
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 in the day,and your prophets will be ruined with you in the night.I will also destroy your mother.
6 My people will be destroyed,because they have no knowledge.You 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 forget your children.
7 The more priests there are,the more they sin against me.I will take away their honorand give them shame.
8 Since the priests live off the sin offerings of the people,they want the people to sin more and more.
9 The priests are as wrong as the people,and I will punish them both for what they have done.I will repay them for the wrong they have done.