4aListen to the word of Yahweh, O sons of Israel,For Yahweh has a bcontentionagainst the inhabitants of the land,Becausethereiscnotruth or 1lovingkindnessOr dknowledge of God in the land.2There isaswearing of oaths, bdeception, cmurder, dstealing, and eadultery.They break forth in violence so that fbloodshed1followsbloodshed.3Therefore the landamourns,And everyone who inhabits it languishesAlong with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,And also the fish of the sea1disappear.
