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Rulers Denounced
1 And I said,
“AIs 1:10; Mic 3:9Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to BPs 82:1-5; Jer 5:5know justice?
2 “You who hate good and love evil,
Who APs 53:4; Ezek 22:27; Mic 2:8; 7:2, 3tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
3 Who APs 14:4; 27:2; Zeph 3:3eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Break their bones
And BEzek 11:3, 6, 7chop them up as for the pot
And as meat in a kettle.”
4 Then they will APs 18:41; Prov 1:28; Is 1:15; Jer 11:11cry out to the Loʀᴅ,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will BDeut 31:17; Is 59:2hide His face from them at that time
Because they have CIs 3:11; Mic 7:13practiced evil deeds.
5 Thus says the Loʀᴅ concerning the prophets who AIs 3:12; 9:15, 16; Jer 14:14, 15lead my people astray;
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They BJer 6:14cry, “Peace,”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.
And darkness for you—without divination.
The BIs 59:10sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.
7 The seers will be AZech 13:4ashamed
And the BIs 44:25; 47:12-14diviners will be embarrassed.
Because there is D1 Sam 28:6; Mic 3:4no answer from God.
8 On the other hand AIs 61:1, 2; Jer 1:18I am filled with power—
With the Spirit of the Loʀᴅ—
And with justice and courage
To BIs 58:1make known to Jacob his rebellious act,
Even to Israel his sin.
9 Now hear this, AMic 1:1heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who BPs 58:1, 2; Is 1:23abhor justice
And twist everything that is straight,
10 Who AJer 22:13, 17; Hab 2:12build Zion with bloodshed
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
11 Her leaders pronounce AIs 1:23; Mic 7:3judgment for a bribe,
Her BJer 6:13priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Loʀᴅ saying,
“CIs 48:2Is not the Loʀᴅ in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”
12 Therefore, on account of you
AJer 26:18Zion will be plowed as a field,
BPs 79:1; Jer 9:11Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,