<p class="poetry">The more the priests increased in numbers,p> <p class="poetry">the more they rebelled against me.p> <p class="poetry">They have turned<n id="1" /> their glorious callingp> <p class="poetry">into a shameful disgrace!p>

<p class="poetry">When they were fed,<n id="1" /> they became satisfied;p> <p class="poetry">when they were satisfied, they became proud;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a result, they forgot me!p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, I will certainly cut<n id="1" /> you into pieces at the hands of the prophets;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will certainly kill you<n id="3" /> in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="5" /> my judgment<n id="6" /> will come forth like the light of the dawn.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the more I summoned<n id="1" /> them,p> <p class="poetry">the farther they departed from me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They sacrificed to the Baal idolsp> <p class="poetry">and burned incense to images.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore the land will mourn,p> <p class="poetry">and all its inhabitants will perish.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The wild animals,<n id="2" /> the birds of the sky,p> <p class="poetry">and even the fish in the sea will perish.p>

<p class="poetry">They sacrifice on the mountaintops,p> <p class="poetry">and burn offerings on the hills;p> <p class="poetry">they sacrifice<n id="1" /> under oak, poplar, and terebinth,p> <p class="poetry">because their shade is so pleasant.p> <p class="poetry">As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes,p> <p class="poetry">and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!p>