1	Hear# the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants# of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
			2	By swearing# , and lying# , and killing# , and stealing# , and committing adultery# , they break out# , and blood toucheth# blood. [blood: Heb. bloods]
			3	Therefore shall the land mourn# , and every one that dwelleth# therein shall languish# , with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away# .
			4	Yet let no man strive# , nor reprove# another: for thy people are as they that strive# with the priest.
			5	Therefore shalt thou fall# in the day, and the prophet also shall fall# with thee in the night, and I will destroy# thy mother. [destroy: Heb. cut off]
			6	My people are destroyed# for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected# knowledge, I will also reject# thee, that thou shalt be no priest# to me: seeing thou hast forgotten# the law of thy God, I will also forget# thy children. [destroyed: Heb. cut off]
			7	As they were increased, so they sinned# against me: therefore will I change# their glory into shame.
			8	They eat up# the sin of my people, and they set# their heart on their iniquity. [set...: Heb. lift up their soul to]
			9	And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish# them for their ways, and reward# them their doings. [punish: Heb. visit upon] [reward: Heb. cause to return]
			10	For they shall eat# , and not have enough# : they shall commit whoredom# , and shall not increase# : because they have left off# to take heed# to the LORD.
			11	Whoredom and wine and new wine take away# the heart.
			12	My people ask# counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth# unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err# , and they have gone a whoring# from under their God.
			13	They sacrifice# upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense# upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom# , and your spouses shall commit adultery# .
			14	I will not punish# your daughters when they commit whoredom# , nor your spouses when they commit adultery# : for themselves are separated# with whores# , and they sacrifice# with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand# shall fall# . [I will not: or, Shall I not] [fall: or, be punished]
			15	Though thou, Israel, play the harlot# , yet let not Judah offend# ; and come# not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up# to Bethaven, nor swear# , The LORD liveth.
			16	For Israel slideth back# as a backsliding# heifer: now the LORD will feed# them as a lamb in a large place.
			17	Ephraim is joined# to idols: let him alone# .
			18	Their drink is sour# : they have committed whoredom# continually# : her rulers with shame do love# , Give# ye. [sour: Heb. gone] [rulers: Heb. shields]
			19	The wind hath bound her up# in her wings, and they shall be ashamed# because of their sacrifices.