Those handling the Law did not know me,

The shepherds rebelled against me,+

The prophets prophesied by Baʹal,+

And they followed those who could bring no benefit.

10 So I will give their wives to other men,

Their fields to other owners;+

For from the least to the greatest, each one is making dishonest gain;+

From the prophet to the priest, each one is practicing fraud.+

11 And they try to heal the breakdown* of the daughter of my people lightly,* saying,

“There is peace! There is peace!”

 5 This is what Jehovah says against the prophets who are leading my people astray,+

Who proclaim ‘Peace!’+ while they bite* with their teeth+

But who declare* war against him who puts nothing into their mouths:

11 Her leaders* judge for a bribe,+

Her priests instruct for a price,+

And her prophets practice divination for money.*+

Her priests defile what is holy;+

They do violence to the law.+