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4 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: "There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.
4 : 2 There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
4 : 3 Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.
4 : 4 But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
4 : 5 You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother-
4 : 6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
4 : 7 The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.
4 : 8 They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.
4 : 9 And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
4 : 10 They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not increase, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves
4 : 11 to prostitution, to old wine and new, which take away the understanding
4 : 12 of my people. They consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.
4 : 13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
4 : 14 I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes-- a people without understanding will come to ruin!
4 : 15 Though you commit adultery, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, `As surely as the LORD lives!`
4 : 16 The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
4 : 17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
4 : 18 Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
4 : 19 A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.