6 Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your kfather, who created you,
who made you and established you?
8 But now, O Lord, you are our sFather;
we are the tclay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
9 yWith weeping they shall come,
and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for zI am a father to Israel,
and aEphraim is my firstborn.
The Priests’ Polluted Offerings
6 “A son ghonors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a hfather, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, iO priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
