<vn='1'><sn="8085">Hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, ye <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath a <sn="7379">controversy</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="571">truth</s>, <sn="369">nor</s><sn="2617">mercy</s>, <sn="369">nor</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s> of <sn="430">God</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>By <sn="422">swearing</s>, and <sn="3584">lying</s>, and <sn="7523">killing</s>, and <sn="1589">stealing</s>, and committing <sn="5003">adultery</s>, they break <sn="6555">out</s>, and <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="5060">toucheth</s><sn="1818">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> shall the <sn="776">land</s><sn="56">mourn</s>, and every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="3427">dwelleth</s> therein shall <sn="535">languish</s>, with the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, and with the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>; yea, the <sn="1709">fishes</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="1571">also</s> shall be taken <sn="622">away</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="389">Yet</s> let <sn="408">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="7378">strive</s>, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="3198">reprove</s><sn="376">another</s>: for thy <sn="5971">people</s> are as they that <sn="7378">strive</s> with the <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Therefore shalt thou <sn="3782">fall</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1571">also</s> shall <sn="3782">fall</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee in the <sn="3915">night</s>, and I will <sn="1820">destroy</s> thy <sn="517">mother</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>My <sn="5971">people</s> are <sn="1820">destroyed</s> for <sn="4480 1097">lack</s> of <sn="1847">knowledge</s>: <sn="3588">because</s><sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="3988">rejected</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>, I will also <sn="3988">reject</s> thee, that thou shalt be no <sn="4480 3547">priest</s> to me: seeing thou hast <sn="7911">forgotten</s> the <sn="8451">law</s> of thy <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="1571">also</s><sn="7911">forget</s> thy <sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>As they were <sn="7231">increased</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> they <sn="2398">sinned</s> against me: therefore will I <sn="4171">change</s> their <sn="3519">glory</s> into <sn="7036">shame</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>They eat <sn="398">up</s> the <sn="2403">sin</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, and they <sn="5375">set</s> their <sn="5315">heart</s><sn="413">on</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And there shall <sn="1961">be</s>, like <sn="5971">people</s>, like <sn="3548">priest</s>: and I will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s> them for their <sn="1870">ways</s>, and <sn="7725">reward</s> them their <sn="4611">doings</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>For they shall <sn="398">eat</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> have <sn="7646">enough</s>: they shall commit <sn="2181">whoredom</s>, and shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6555">increase</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> they have left <sn="5800">off</s> to take <sn="8104">heed</s><sn="*853"></s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2184">Whoredom</s> and <sn="3196">wine</s> and new <sn="8492">wine</s> take <sn="3947">away</s> the <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>My <sn="5971">people</s> ask <sn="7592">counsel</s> at their <sn="6086">stocks</s>, and their <sn="4731">staff</s><sn="5046">declareth</s> unto them: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of <sn="2183">whoredoms</s> hath caused them to <sn="8582">err</s>, and they have gone a <sn="2181">whoring</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>They <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7218">tops</s> of the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and burn <sn="6999">incense</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s>, <sn="8478">under</s><sn="437">oaks</s> and <sn="3839">poplars</s> and <sn="424">elms</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="6738">shadow</s> thereof is <sn="2896">good</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> your <sn="1323">daughters</s> shall commit <sn="2181">whoredom</s>, and your <sn="3618">spouses</s> shall commit <sn="5003">adultery</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6485 5921">punish</s> your <sn="1323">daughters</s><sn="3588">when</s> they commit <sn="2181">whoredom</s>, nor your <sn="3618">spouses</s><sn="3588">when</s> they commit <sn="5003">adultery</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">themselves</s> are <sn="6504">separated</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="2181">whores</s>, and they <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="6948">harlots</s>: therefore the <sn="5971">people</s> that doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="995">understand</s> shall <sn="3832">fall</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="518">Though</s><sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="3478">Israel</s>, play the <sn="2181">harlot</s>, yet let <sn="408">not</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="816">offend</s>; and <sn="935">come</s><sn="408">not</s> ye unto <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> go ye <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="1007">Beth</s> -aven, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="7650">swear</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> slideth <sn="5637">back</s> as a <sn="5637">backsliding</s><sn="6510">heifer</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="7462">feed</s> them as a <sn="3532">lamb</s> in a large <sn="4800">place</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="669">Ephraim</s> is <sn="2266">joined</s> to <sn="6091">idols</s>: let him <sn="5117">alone</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Their <sn="5435">drink</s> is <sn="5493">sour</s>: they have committed whoredom <sn="2181 2181">continually</s>: her <sn="4043">rulers</s> with <sn="7036">shame</s> do <sn="157">love</s>, <sn="3051">Give</s> ye. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="7307">wind</s> hath bound her <sn="6887 *853">up</s> in her <sn="3671">wings</s>, and they shall be <sn="954">ashamed</s> because of their <sn="4480 2077">sacrifices</s>. </v>