1. Hear the word of Adonai, Bnei-Yisrael! For Adonai has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, no covenant loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.
2. Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3. Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone dwelling in it will languish along with the beasts of the field and the flying creatures of the sky— even the fish of the sea will be removed.
4. Yet let no one dispute and let no one argue. Your people are like a kohen who makes quarrels.
5. So you will stumble by day. Also a prophet will stumble with you by night, when I destroy your mother.