And I said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} is it not for you to know{H3045} justice?{H4941}

ye 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}

who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and 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}

Then shall they cry{H2199} unto Jehovah,{H3068} but he will not answer{H6030} them; yea, he will hide{H5641} his face{H6440} from them at that time,{H6256} according as they have wrought evil{H7489} in their doings.{H4611}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that make my people{H5971} to err;{H8582} that bite{H5391} with their teeth,{H8127} and cry,{H7121} Peace;{H7965} and whoso putteth{H5414} not into their mouths,{H6310} they even prepare{H6942} war{H4421} against him:

Therefore it shall be night{H3915} unto you, that ye shall have no vision;{H2377} and it shall be dark{H2821} unto you, that ye shall not divine;{H7080} and the sun{H8121} shall go down{H935} upon the prophets,{H5030} and the day{H3117} shall be black{H6937} over them.

And the seers{H2374} shall be put to shame,{H2659} and the diviners{H7080} confounded;{H954} yea, they shall all cover{H5844} their lips;{H8222} for there is no answer{H4617} of God.{H430}

But as{H199} for me, I am full{H4390} of power{H3581} by the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah,{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}

Hear{H8085} this, I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} that abhor{H8581} justice,{H4941} and pervert{H6140} all equity.{H3477}

They build up{H1129} Zion{H6726} with blood,{H1818} and Jerusalem{H3389} with iniquity.{H5766}

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 they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us.

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 a forest.{H3293}