Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
4:7
በከመ፡ ብዝኆሙ፡ ከማሁ፡ አበሱ፡ ሊተ፡ ወእሬስዮ፡ ኀሳረ፡ ለክብሮሙ።
祭司越發增多,就越發得罪我; 我必使他們的榮耀變為羞辱。
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
4:8
ወትበልዖሙ፡ ኀጢአቶሙ፡ ለሕዝብየ፡ ወይነሥእዋ፡ ለነፍሶሙ፡ በጌጋዩሙ።
他們吃我民的贖罪祭, 滿心願意我民犯罪。
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’