⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

     ¹¹ to prostitution;^(A)
old wine^(B) and new wine
    take away their understanding.^(C)

¹⁴ “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots^(A)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes^(B)—
    a people without understanding^(C) will come to ruin!^(D)

⁴ “Their deeds do not permit them
    to return^(A) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution^(B) is in their heart;
    they do not acknowledge^(C) the Lord.