All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, *Read this, please;* and he says, *I can't, for it is sealed:*
The Lord said, *Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a mitzvah of men which has been taught;
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no Kohen to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.