Leaders who did not seek

4Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

5Thus says Yahweh: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

6They did not ask, ‘Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of desert plains and pits, through a land of drought and the shadow of death, through a land where no one traveled and no one lived?’

7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and enjoy its bounty, but when you entered, you defiled my land and made my inheritance an abomination.

8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ Those entrusted with the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied in Baal’s name and followed things that bring no benefit.