<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I saw the prophets of Samaria<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">doing something that was disgusting.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They prophesied in the name of the god Baalp> <p class="poetry">and led my people Israel astray.<n id="4" />p>

How long will they go on plotting<n id="1" /> to make my people forget who I am<n id="2" /> through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors<n id="3" /> did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">Your priests<n id="1" /> did not ask, &#8216;Where is the <sc>Lordsc>?&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those responsible for teaching my law<n id="3" /> did not really know me.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Your rulers rebelled against me.p> <p class="poetry">Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">They all worshiped idols that could not help them.<n id="6" />p>

But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people.<n id="1" /> Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal.<n id="2" /> But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, I swear.&#8221;<n id="3" /> If they do these things,<n id="4" /> then they will be included among the people I call my own.<n id="5" />