8. The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’My own priests did not know me.The rulers rebelled against me;the prophets spoke in the name of Baaland worshipped useless idols.
9. “And so I, the Lord, will state my case against my people again.I will bring charges against their descendants.
10. Go west to the island of Cyprus,and send someone eastwards to the land of Kedar.You will see that nothing like this has ever happened before.
11. No other nation has ever changed its gods,even though they were not real.But my people have exchanged me,the God who has brought them honour,for gods that can do nothing for them.