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World English Bible Classic
[1] I said,
“Please listen, you heads of Jacob,
and rulers of the house of Israel:
Isn’t it for you to know justice?
[2] You who hate the good,
and love the evil;
who tear off their skin,
and their flesh from off their bones;
[3] who also eat the flesh of my people,
and peel their skin from off them,
and break their bones,
and chop them in pieces, as for the pot,
and as meat within the cauldron.
[4] Then they will cry to Yahweh,
but he will not answer them.
Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time,
because they made their deeds evil.” [5] Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
[6] “Therefore night is over you, with no vision,
and it is dark to you, that you may not divine;
and the sun will go down on the prophets,
and the day will be black over them.
[7] The seers shall be disappointed,
and the diviners confounded.
Yes, they shall all cover their lips,
for there is no answer from God.Ӥ
[8] But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit,
and of judgment, and of might,
to declare to Jacob his disobedience,
and to Israel his sin.
[9] Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob,
and rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice,
and pervert all equity,
[10] who build up Zion with blood,
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
[11] Her leaders judge for bribes,
and her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets tell fortunes for money;
yet they lean on Yahweh, and say,
“Isn’t Yahweh among us?
No disaster will come on us.”
[12] Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble,
and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.

Footnotes

  1. § 3:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
King James Version

Jerusalem, City of Blood

[1] And I said, H559 Hear, H8085 I pray you, O heads H7218 of Jacob, H3290 and ye princes H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 Is it not for you to know H3045 H853 judgment? H4941 [2] Who hate H8130 the good, H2896 and love H157 the evil; H7451 who pluck off H1497 their skin H5785 from off them, and their flesh H7607 from off their bones; H6106 [3] who H834 also eat H398 the flesh H7607 of my people, H5971 and flay H6584 their skin H5785 from off them; and they break H6476 their bones, H6106 and chop them in pieces, H6566 as for the pot, H5518 and as flesh H1320 within H8432 the caldron. H7037 [4] Then H227 shall they cry H2199 unto H413 the Lord, H3068 but he will not hear H6030 them: he will even hide H5641 his face H6440 from them at that time, H6256 as they have behaved themselves ill H7489 in their doings. H4611 [5] Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H3068 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 H853 that make my people H5971 err, H8582 that bite H5391 with their teeth, H8127 and cry, H7121 Peace; H7965 and he that putteth H5414 not H3808 into their mouths, H6310 they even prepare H6942 war H4421 against him. [6] Therefore night H3915 shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; H2377§ and it shall be dark H2821 H2821 unto you, that ye shall not divine; H7080§ and the sun H8121 shall go down H935 over H5921 the prophets, H5030 and the day H3117 shall be dark H6937 over them. [7] Then shall the seers H2374 be ashamed, H954 and the diviners H7080 confounded: H2659 yea, they shall all cover H5844 their lips; H8222§ for there is no answer H4617 of God. H430 [8] But truly H199 I am full H4390 of power H3581 H853 by the spirit H7307 of the Lord, H3068 and of judgment, H4941 and of might, H1369 to declare H5046 unto Jacob H3290 his transgression, H6588 and to Israel H3478 his sin. H2403 [9] Hear H8085 this, I pray you, ye heads H7218 of the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290 and princes H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 that abhor H8581 judgment, H4941 and pervert H6140 all H3605 equity. H3477 [10] They build up H1129 Zion H6726 with blood, H1818§ and Jerusalem H3389 with iniquity. H5766 [11] The heads H7218 thereof judge H8199 for reward, H7810 and the priests H3548 thereof teach H3384 for hire, H4242 and the prophets H5030 thereof divine H7080 for money: H3701 yet will they lean H8172 upon H5921 the Lord, H3068 and say, H559§ Is not the Lord H3068 among H7130 us? none evil H7451 can come H935 upon us. [12] Therefore shall Zion H6726 for your sake H1558 be plowed H2790 as a field, H7704 and Jerusalem H3389 shall become heaps, H5856 and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of the forest. H3293

Footnotes

  1. § 3:6a Heb. from a vision
  2. § 3:6b Heb. from divining
  3. § 3:7 Heb. upper lip
  4. § 3:10 Heb. bloods
  5. § 3:11 Heb. saying
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖ G2046 Ἀκούσατε G191 δὴ G1211 ταῦτα, G5023 αἱ G3588 ἀρχαὶ G746 οἴκου G3624 Ιακωβ G2384 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 κατάλοιποι G2645 οἴκου G3624 Ισραηλ. G2474 Οὐχ G3756 ὑμῖν G5213 ἐστιν G2076 τοῦ G3588 γνῶναι G1097 τὸ G3588 κρίμα; G2917 [2] Οἱ G3588 μισοῦντες G3404 τὰ G3588 καλὰ G2570 καὶ G2532 ζητοῦντες G2212 τὰ G3588 πονηρά, G4190 ἁρπάζοντες G726 τὰ G3588 δέρματα G1192 αὐτῶν G846 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 σάρκας G4561 αὐτῶν G846 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ὀστέων G3747 αὐτῶν. G846 [3] Ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 κατέφαγον G2719 τὰς G3588 σάρκας G4561 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 δέρματα G1192 αὐτῶν G846 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ὀστέων G3747 αὐτῶν G846 ἐξέδειραν καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ὀστέα G3747 αὐτῶν G846 συνέθλασαν G4917 καὶ G2532 ἐμέλισαν ὡς G5613 σάρκας G4561 εἰς G1519 λέβητα καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 κρέα G2907 εἰς G1519 χύτραν, [4] οὕτως G3779 κεκράξονται G2896 πρὸς G4314 κύριον, G2962 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 εἰσακούσεται G1522 αὐτῶν· G846 καὶ G2532 ἀποστρέψει G654 τὸ G3588 πρόσωπον G4383 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτῶν G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καιρῷ G2540 ἐκείνῳ, G1565 ἀνθ’ G473 ὧν G3739 ἐπονηρεύσαντο ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν G846 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτούς. G846 [5] Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 προφήτας G4396 τοὺς G3588 πλανῶντας G4105 τὸν G3588 λαόν G2992 μου, G3450 τοὺς G3588 δάκνοντας G1143 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ὀδοῦσιν G3599 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 κηρύσσοντας G2784 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 εἰρήνην, G1515 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐδόθη G1325 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 αὐτῶν, G846 ἤγειραν G1453 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 πόλεμον· G4171 [6] διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 νὺξ G3571 ὑμῖν G5213 ἔσται G2071 ἐξ G1537 ὁράσεως, G3706 καὶ G2532 σκοτία G4653 ὑμῖν G5213 ἔσται G2071 ἐκ G1537 μαντείας, καὶ G2532 δύσεται G1416 ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 προφήτας, G4396 καὶ G2532 συσκοτάσει ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοὺς G846 ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα· G2250 [7] καὶ G2532 καταισχυνθήσονται G2617 οἱ G3588 ὁρῶντες G3708 τὰ G3588 ἐνύπνια, G1798 καὶ G2532 καταγελασθήσονται G2606 οἱ G3588 μάντεις, καὶ G2532 καταλαλήσουσιν G2635 κατ’ G2596 αὐτῶν G846 πάντες G3956 αὐτοί, G846 διότι G1360 οὐκ G3756 ἔσται G2071 ὁ G3588 εἰσακούων G1522 αὐτῶν. G846 [8] Ἐὰν G1437 μὴ G3361 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐμπλήσω G1705 ἰσχὺν G2479 ἐν G1722 πνεύματι G4151 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 κρίματος G2917 καὶ G2532 δυναστείας τοῦ G3588 ἀπαγγεῖλαι G518 τῷ G3588 Ιακωβ G2384 ἀσεβείας G763 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 ἁμαρτίας G266 αὐτοῦ. G846 [9] Ἀκούσατε G191 δὴ G1211 ταῦτα, G5023 οἱ G3588 ἡγούμενοι G2233 οἴκου G3624 Ιακωβ G2384 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 κατάλοιποι G2645 οἴκου G3624 Ισραηλ G2474 οἱ G3588 βδελυσσόμενοι G948 κρίμα G2917 καὶ G2532 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ὀρθὰ G3717 διαστρέφοντες, G1294 [10] οἱ G3588 οἰκοδομοῦντες G3618 Σιων G4622 ἐν G1722 αἵμασιν G129 καὶ G2532 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἐν G1722 ἀδικίαις· G93 [11] οἱ G3588 ἡγούμενοι G2233 αὐτῆς G846 μετὰ G3326 δώρων G1435 ἔκρινον, G2919 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἱερεῖς G2409 αὐτῆς G846 μετὰ G3326 μισθοῦ G3408 ἀπεκρίνοντο, G611 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 προφῆται G4396 αὐτῆς G846 μετὰ G3326 ἀργυρίου G694 ἐμαντεύοντο, G3132 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 ἐπανεπαύοντο G1879 λέγοντες G3004 Οὐχὶ G3780 κύριος G2962 ἐν G1722 ἡμῖν G2254 ἐστιν; G2076 Οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἐπέλθῃ G1904 ἐφ’ G1909 ἡμᾶς G2248 κακά. G2556 [12] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 δι’ G1223 ὑμᾶς G5209 Σιων G4622 ὡς G5613 ἀγρὸς G68 ἀροτριαθήσεται, G722 καὶ G2532 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ὡς G5613 ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἔσται G2071 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ὄρος G3735 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 ὡς G5613 ἄλσος δρυμοῦ.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament