God indicted Israel for not being faithful to Him even to the point of having no knowledge of God. Israel's failure to know God will ultimately result in their destruction: "
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (vs 6a). The priests had the primary responsibility for teaching the people about God and His laws, but they had failed miserably, and the result was that Israel lacked any knowledge of God's laws and His ways. God placed the blame squarely on the spiritual leaders--the priests:
"Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me" (vs 6b). The consequences of this neglect of God's Word would be seen in the lives of what was most precious to the priests: "
And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children" (vs 6c). The great privilege of knowing God was in danger of being forfeited, even for the next generation. Let us not allow God to forget our children by forgetting about Him during our generation. For the sake of our children, let our knowledge of God be deep and our faith rich so that our children may learn to know God and, thus, be known by Him.
