4  ^sYet let no one contend,

and let none accuse,

for with you is ^tmy contention, O priest.¹

5  You shall stumble by day;

the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;

and I will destroy ^uyour mother.

6  My people are destroyed ^vfor lack of knowledge;

^wbecause you have rejected knowledge,

I reject you ^xfrom being a priest to me.

And since you have forgotten the law of your God,

^yI also will forget your children.

7  ^zThe more they increased,

the more they sinned against me;

^aI will change their glory into shame.

8  ^bThey feed on the sin² of my people;

they are greedy for their iniquity.

9  ^cAnd it shall be like people, like priest;

I will punish them for their ways

and repay them for their deeds.

10  ^dThey shall eat, but not be satisfied;

they shall play the whore, but not multiply,

because they have forsaken the Lord

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