⁸ The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?”
    Those who handle the law did not know me;
the rulers^[a] transgressed against me;
    the prophets prophesied by Baal
    and went after things that do not profit.^(A)

⁵ Let me go to the rich^[a]
    and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
    the law of their God.”
But they all alike had broken the yoke;
    they had burst the bonds.^(A)

²⁵ Do not go out into the field
    or walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
    terror is on every side.”^(A)

¹⁵ The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside;
    those in the field die by the sword;
    those in the city—famine and pestilence devour them.^(A)