Hosea 4:1-9

11Listen to the word of the Lord, you sons of Israel, Because the Lord has a 2case against the inhabitants of the land, For there is 3no 4faithfulness, nor 5loyalty, Nor 6knowledge of God in the land.2There is 7oath-taking, 89denial, 10murder, 11stealing, and 12adultery. They employ violence, so that 13bloodshed 14follows bloodshed.3Therefore the land 15mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky, And even the fish of the sea 16disappear.

4Yet let no one 1718find fault, and let no one rebuke; For your people are like those who 19contend with a priest.5So you will 20stumble by day, And the prophet also will stumble with you by night; And I will destroy your 21mother.622My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you have 23rejected knowledge, I also will 24reject you from being My priest. Since you have 25forgotten the 26Law of your God, I also will forget your children.

7The more they 27multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; I will 28change their glory into shame.8They 29feed on the 30sin of My people, And 31long for their wrongdoing.9And it will be, like people, 32like priest; So I will 33punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds.