1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children…
2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing,…
3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one…
4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another:…
5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and…
6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:…
7As they were increased, so they sinned against…
8They eat up the sin of my people,…
9And there shall be, like people, like priest:…
10For they shall eat, and not have enough:…
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away…
12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and…
13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,…
14I will not punish your daughters when they…
15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let…
16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer:…
17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
18Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom…
19The wind hath bound her up in her…
