Hosea 4:1-9

11Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel, For the Lord has a 2case against the inhabitants of the land, Because there is 3no 4faithfulness or 5kindness Or 6knowledge of God in the land.2There is 7swearing, 8deception, 9murder, 10stealing and 11adultery. They employ violence, so that 12bloodshed 13follows bloodshed.3Therefore the land 14mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, And also the fish of the sea 15disappear.

4Yet let no one 1617find fault, and let none offer reproof; For your people are like those who 18contend with the priest.5So you will 19stumble by day, And the prophet also will stumble with you by night; And I will destroy your 20mother.621My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have 22rejected knowledge, I also will 23reject you from being My priest. Since you have 24forgotten the 25law of your God, I also will forget your children.

7The more they 26multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; I will 27change their glory into shame.8They 28feed on the 29sin of My people And 30direct their desire toward their iniquity.9And it will be, like people, 31like priest; So I will 32punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds.