Hosea 4:1-9

1Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

2By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.

3Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And 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.

5Therefore you shall stumble in the day; The prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; And I will destroy your mother.

6My 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.

8They eat up the sin of My people; They set their heart on their iniquity.

9And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds.