¹² But if they do not listen,
    they will perish by the sword^[a](A)
    and die without knowledge.^(B)

²³ For lack of discipline they will die,^(A)
    led astray by their own great folly.^(B)

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.^(A)

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.