1 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,because the Lord has a charge to bringagainst you who live in the land:‘There is no faithfulness, no love,no acknowledgment of God in the land.
2 There is only cursing, lying and murder,stealing and adultery;they break all bounds,and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 Because of this the land dries up,and all who live in it waste away;the beasts of the field, the birds in the skyand the fish in the sea are swept away.
4 ‘But let no one bring a charge,let no one accuse another,for your people are like thosewho bring charges against a priest.
5 You stumble day and night,and the prophets stumble with you.So I will destroy your mother –
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.‘Because you have rejected knowledge,I also reject you as my priests;because you have ignored the law of your God,I also will ignore your children.
7 The more priests there were,the more they sinned against me;they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.