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"But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother-

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged ^(F18) their ^(F19) Glory for something disgraceful.

They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.

And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

"They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not increase, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves

to prostitution, to old wine and new, which take away the understanding