1 And I said 559, Hear 8085, I pray you, O heads 7218 of Jacob 3290, and ye princes 7101 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478; Is it not for you to know 3045 judgment 4941?
2 Who hate 8130 the good 2896, and love 157 the evil 7451; who pluck off 1497 their skin 5785 from off them, and their flesh 7607 from off their bones 6106;
3 Who also eat 398 the flesh 7607 of my people 5971, and flay 6584 their skin 5785 from off them; and they break 6476 their bones 6106, and chop them in pieces 6566, as for the pot 5518, and as flesh 1320 within 8432 the caldron 7037.
4 Then shall they cry 2199 unto the LORD 3068, but he will not hear 6030 them: he will even hide 5641 his face 6440 from them at that time 6256, as they have behaved themselves ill 7489 in their doings 4611.
5 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 concerning the prophets 5030 that make my people 5971 err 8582, that bite 5391 with their teeth 8127, and cry 7121, Peace 7965; and he that putteth 5414 not into their mouths 6310, they even prepare 6942 war 4421 against him.
6 Therefore night 3915 shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision 2377; and it shall be dark 2821 2821 unto you, that ye shall not divine 7080; and the sun 8121 shall go down 935 over the prophets 5030, and the day 3117 shall be dark 6937 over them.
7 Then shall the seers 2374 be ashamed 954, and the diviners 7080 confounded 2659: yea, they shall all cover 5844 their lips 8222; for there is no answer 4617 of God 430.
8 But truly 199 I am full 4390 of power 3581 by the spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068, and of judgment 4941, and of might 1369, to declare 5046 unto Jacob 3290 his transgression 6588, and to Israel 3478 his sin 2403.
9 Hear 8085 this, I pray you, ye heads 7218 of the house 1004 of Jacob 3290, and princes 7101 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478, that abhor 8581 judgment 4941, and pervert 6140 all equity 3477.
10 They build up 1129 Zion 6726 with blood 1818, and Jerusalem 3389 with iniquity 5766.
11 The heads 7218 thereof judge 8199 for reward 7810, and the priests 3548 thereof teach 3384 for hire 4242, and the prophets 5030 thereof divine 7080 for money 3701: yet will they lean 8172 upon the LORD 3068, and say 559, Is not the LORD 3068 among 7130 us? none evil 7451 can come 935 upon us.
12 Therefore shall Zion 6726 for your sake 1558 be plowed 2790 as a field 7704, and Jerusalem 3389 shall become heaps 5856, and the mountain 2022 of the house 1004 as the high places 1116 of the forest 3293.