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[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 of it 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.
“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 of it 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
- The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
King James Version
[1] And I said,H559(QalImpf) Hear,H8085(QalImpv) I pray you, O headsH7218 of Jacob,H3290 and ye princesH7101 of the houseH1004 of Israel;H3478 [Is it] not for you to knowH3045(QalInf) judgment?H4941 [2] Who hateH8130(QalActPtc) the good,H2896 and loveH157(QalActPtc) the evil;H7451 who pluck offH1497(QalActPtc) their skinH5785 from off them, and their fleshH7607 from off their bones;H6106 [3] Who also eatH398(QalPerf) the fleshH7607 of my people,H5971 and flayH6584(HiphPerf) their skinH5785 from off them; and they breakH6476(PielPerf) their bones,H6106 and chop them in pieces,H6566(QalPerf) as for the pot,H5518 and as fleshH1320 withinH8432 the caldron.H7037 [4] Then shall they cryH2199(QalImpf) unto the Lord,H3068 but he will not hearH6030(QalImpf) them: he will even hideH5641(HiphImpf) his faceH6440 from them at that time,H6256 as they have behaved themselves illH7489(HiphPerf) in their doings.H4611 [5] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 concerning the prophetsH5030 that make my peopleH5971 err,H8582(HiphPtc) that biteH5391(QalActPtc) with their teeth,H8127 and cry,H7121(QalPerf) Peace;H7965 and he that puttethH5414(QalImpf) not into their mouths,H6310 they even prepareH6942(PielPerf) warH4421 against him. [6] Therefore nightH3915 [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;H2377 and it shall be darkH2821(Qere) unto you, that ye shall not divine;H7080(QalInf) and the sunH8121 shall go downH935(QalPerf) over the prophets,H5030 and the dayH3117 shall be darkH6937(QalPerf) over them. [7] Then shall the seersH2374 be ashamed,H954(QalPerf) and the divinersH7080(QalActPtc) confounded:H2659(QalPerf) yea, they shall all coverH5844(QalPerf) their lips;H8222 for [there is] no answerH4617 of God.H430 [8] But trulyH199 I am fullH4390(QalPerf) of powerH3581 by the spiritH7307 of the Lord,H3068 and of judgment,H4941 and of might,H1369 to declareH5046(HiphInf) unto JacobH3290 his transgression,H6588 and to IsraelH3478 his sin.H2403 [9] HearH8085(QalImpv) this, I pray you, ye headsH7218 of the houseH1004 of Jacob,H3290 and princesH7101 of the houseH1004 of Israel,H3478 that abhorH8581(PielPtc) judgment,H4941 and pervertH6140(PielImpf) all equity.H3477 [10] They build upH1129(QalActPtc) ZionH6726 with blood,H1818 and JerusalemH3389 with iniquity.H5766 [11] The headsH7218 thereof judgeH8199(QalImpf) for reward,H7810 and the priestsH3548 thereof teachH3384(HiphImpf) for hire,H4242 and the prophetsH5030 thereof divineH7080(QalImpf) for money:H3701 yet will they leanH8172(NiphImpf) upon the Lord,H3068 and say,H559(QalInf) [Is] not the LordH3068 amongH7130 us? none evilH7451 can comeH935(QalImpf) upon us. [12] Therefore shall ZionH6726 for your sakeH1558 be plowedH2790(NiphImpf) [as] a field,H7704 and JerusalemH3389 shall become heaps,H5856 and the mountainH2022 of the houseH1004 as the high placesH1116 of the forest.H3293
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