8. The Kohanim asked not, Where is Hashem? And they that handle the Torah had no da'as of Me; the ro'im also rebelled against Me, and the nevi'im prophesied by Ba'al, and walked after worthless things.
9. Therefore I will yet bring lawsuit against you, saith Hashem, and against bnei beneichem will I bring lawsuit.
10. For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and look; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has ever been anything like this.
11. Hath ever a nation changed elohim, and these no elohim at all? But My people have exchanged their kavod for that which is worthless.
12. Be appalled, O ye Shomayim, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Hashem.
13. For Ami have committed shtayim ra'ot (two evils); they have forsaken Me, the fountain of Mayim Chayim, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no mayim.
14. Is Yisroel an eved? Is he a homeborn slave? Why has he become plunder?
15. The young lions roared upon him, and growled, and they made his [Israel's] Eretz waste; his towns are burned without inhabitant.
16. Also the Bnei Noph and Tachpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
17. Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Hashem Eloheicha, when He led thee by the derech?