3 Therefore the land will mourn;And everyone who dwells there will waste awayWith the beasts of the fieldAnd the birds of the air;Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
4 “Now let no man contend, or rebuke another;For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
5 Therefore you shall stumble in the day;The prophet also shall 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 also will reject you from being priest for Me;Because you have forgotten the law of your God,I also will forget your children.
7 “The more they increased,The more they sinned against Me;I will change their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of My people;They set their heart on their iniquity.
9 And it shall be: like people, like priest.So I will punish them for their ways,And reward them for their deeds.