²² The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;^(A)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.^(B)
23 For lack of discipline they will die,^(C)
    led astray by their own great folly.^(D)

¹³ Therefore my people will go into exile^(A)
    for lack of understanding;^(B)
those of high rank^(C) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.^(D)

⁴ I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,^(A)
for they do not know^(B) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.

⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

¹⁴ “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots^(A)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes^(B)—
    a people without understanding^(C) will come to ruin!^(D)