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4Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel; for the Lord has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land. ²Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed. ³Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing. ⁴Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest. ⁵You shall stumble by day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. ⁷The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; they changed their glory into shame. ⁸They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity. ⁹And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds. ¹⁰They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the Lord to devote themselves to