Hosea 4:6-8

New Century Version

⁶ My people will be destroyed,
    because they have no knowledge.
You have refused to learn,
    so I will refuse to let you be priests to me.
You have forgotten the teachings of your God,
    so I will forget your children.
⁷ The more priests there are,
    the more they sin against me.
I will take away their honor
    and give them shame.
⁸ Since the priests live off the sin offerings of the people,
    they want the people to sin more and more.