²² “My people are fools;^(A)
    they do not know me.^(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(D)
    they know not how to do good.”^(E)

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.

²¹ Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,^(A)
    who have eyes^(B) but do not see,
    who have ears but do not hear:^(C)

¹¹     there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.

⁴ “Their deeds do not permit them
    to return^(A) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution^(B) is in their heart;
    they do not acknowledge^(C) the Lord.