⁵ You are always falling over. In the day and in the night, you trip and you fall.^[a] The false prophets are the same as you. So I will destroy Israel, your mother. ⁶ The people do not know me. Because of that, they will come to an end. You refuse to respect my authority, so I will remove you as my priests. You refuse to obey the law of your God, so I will refuse to accept your children as my priests.

⁷ The more priests that there are among you, the more sins they do against me. They should have received honour as priests, but I will make them ashamed.