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.
⁷ The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God^[a](C) for something disgraceful.^(D)
8 They feed on the sins of my people
    and relish their wickedness.^(E)
9 And it will be: Like people, like priests.^(F)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.^(G)

¹⁰ “They will eat but not have enough;^(H)
    they will engage in prostitution^(I) but not flourish,
because they have deserted^(J) the Lord
    to give themselves ¹¹ to prostitution;^(K)
old wine^(L) and new wine
    take away their understanding.^(M)