²¹ Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,^(A)
    so that they die^(B) without wisdom?’^(C)

¹⁸ to preserve them from the pit,^(A)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[a](B)

⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.