⁸ The priests quit asking, “Where is the Lord?”
The experts in the law no longer knew me,^(A)
and the rulers^(B) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by^[a] Baal^(C)
and followed useless idols.^(D)

²³ How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?^(A)
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.^(B)
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,