GOD’S CASE AGAINST ISRAEL

4 Hear the word of the Lord,h people of Israel,

for the Lord has a casei

against the inhabitants of the land:

There is no truth,j no faithful love,k

and no knowledge of Godl in the land!

2 Cursing,m lying,n murder,o stealing,p

and adulteryq are rampant;

one act of bloodshed follows another.r

3 For this reason the land mourns,s

and everyone who lives in it languishes,

along with the wild animalst and the birds of the sky;

even the fish of the sea disappear.u