⁸ The priests stopped 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)

⁶ You live in a world of deception.^[a](A)
In their deception they refuse to know me.^(B)
This is the Lord’s declaration.