The more they multiplied,
As the priests increased, they sinned more against God, and He will turn their glory into shame.
This verse condemns numerical growth without covenant fidelity.
1Hear the word of the LORD, 2Cursing and lying, 3Therefore the land mourns, 4But let no man contend; 5You will stumble by day, 6My people are destroyed 7The more they multiplied, 8They feed on the sins of My people 9And it shall be 10They will eat but not be satisfied; 11to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, 12My people consult their wooden idols, 13They sacrifice on the mountaintops 14I will not punish your daughters 15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, 16For Israel is as obstinate 17Ephraim is joined to idols; 18When their liquor is gone, 19The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings,