Hear the word of יהוה, sons of Yisra'el, because there is a dispute of יהוה with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth and no kindness and no knowledge of Elohim in the land.

Swearing and lying and murdering and stealing and committing adultery they have broken through, and blood touches blood.

Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone dwelling in it will be weak, the wild animals of the field and the birds of the sky, and also the fish of the sea will be gathered.

But let no man dispute, and let no man argue, and your people are like those disputing with a priest.

And you will stumble today, and also a prophet will stumble with you tonight, and I will make your mother silent.

My people are silenced from lack of knowledge; because you rejected knowledge, I also reject you from being a priest to me. And you forgot the teaching of your Elohim, I will also forget your sons.

Like them, they sinned against me; their glory I will exchange for shame.

They eat the sin of my people, and they lift up their soul to their iniquity.

And it will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.

And they will eat but not be satisfied; they commit adultery but will not increase, because they abandoned יהוה to keep.

Adultery and wine and new wine take away the heart.

My people ask from their wooden idol, and their staff tells them; because a spirit of adultery has led them astray, and they commit adultery from under their elohim.

On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, and on the hills they burn incense, under the oak and the poplar and the terebinth, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit adultery, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

I will not punish your daughters when they commit adultery, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because they themselves separate with the prostitutes and sacrifice with the temple prostitutes, and a people without understanding will be led astray.

If you, Yisra'el, commit adultery, let Yehudah not be guilty; and do not go to Gilgal, and do not go up to Beit-Aven, and do not swear, 'As יהוה lives!'

Because like a stubborn heifer, Yisra'el has been stubborn. Now יהוה will shepherd them like a lamb in a wide pasture.

Efrayim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

Their drinking is finished; they commit adultery. They loved to give shame, her shields.

A spirit has bound her with its wings, and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.