4 Despite that, don’t let anyone bring a lawsuit,

and don’t let them accuse.

Your people are like those who would accuse a priest.

5 You’ll stumble during the day.

The prophets will also stumble with you at night,

and I’ll destroy Israel your mother.

6 My people are destroyed because of the lack of knowledge

because you have rejected knowledge and I’ll reject you from being a priest to me.

Because you’ve forgotten your God’s instructions,

I’ll also forget your children.

7 The more the priests multiplied, the more they sinned against me.

→I will change their high status into shame.

8 They feed on the sin of my people.

≈They are greedy for their wickedness.

9 It will be like people, like priests.

→I will punish them for their ways

≈and I will repay them for their actions.

10 They’ll eat but never be full.

They’ll sleep around but not prosper,

because they’ve abandoned Yahweh as their protector.