6. My people will be destroyedbecause they have no knowledge.You priests have refused to learn.So I will refuse to let you be priests to me.You have forgotten the teachings of your God.So I will reject your children.
7. The more priests there are,the more they sin against me.I will take away their honorand give them nothing but shame.
8. The priests live off the sin offerings of the people.So they want the people to sin more and more.
9. The priests are as wrong as the people.I will punish them both for what they have done.I will repay them for the wrong they have done.
10. “They will eatbut not have enough.They will sin sexually with the prostitutes.But they will not have children.This is because they left the Lord.
11. “Sexual sins, old wine and new winetake away my people’s ability to understand.
12. My people ask wooden idols for advice.They ask those sticks of wood to advise them!Like prostitutes, they have chased after other gods.They have left their own God.
13. They make sacrifices on the tops of the mountains.They burn offerings on the hills,under oaks, poplars and other trees.They think the shade under those trees is nice.So your daughters become prostitutes.And your daughters-in-law are guilty of adultery.