4Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: "There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.H8085H1697H3068H1121H3478H3068H7379H3427H776H571H2617H1847H430H7762There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.H422H3584H7523H1589H5003H6555H1818H5060H18183Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.H776H56H3427H535H2416H7704H5775H8064H1709H3220H6224"But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.H376H7378H3198H376H5971H7378H35485You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother--H3782H3117H5030H3782H3915H1820H5176my 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.H5971H1820H1847H3988H1847H3988H3547H7911H8451H430H7911H11217The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.H7230H2398H4171H3519H70368They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.H398H2403H5971H5375H5315H57719And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.H5971H3548H6485H1870H7725H461110"They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not increase, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselvesH398H7646H2181H6555H5800H8104H306811to prostitution, to old wine and new, which take away the understandingH2184H3196H8492H3947H382012of my people. They consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.H5971H7592H6086H4731H5046H7307H2183H8582H2181H43013They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.H2076H7218H2022H6999H1389H437H3839H424H6738H2896H1323H2181H3618H500314"I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes--a people without understanding will come to ruin!H6485H1323H2181H3618H5003H6504H2181H2076H6948H5971H995H383215"Though you commit adultery, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. "Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'H3478H2181H3063H816H935H1537H5927H1007H7650H3068H241616The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?H3478H5637H5637H6510H3068H7462H3532H480017Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!H669H2266H6091H324018Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.H5435H5493H2181H2181H4043H7036H157H305119A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.H7307H6887H3671H954H2077