1. Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land:
2. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break all restraint, and bloodshed touches bloodshed.
3. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.
4. Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.