Dual Panel1I said <0559>, “Listen <08085>, you leaders <07218> of Jacob <03290>, you rulers <07101> of the nation <01004> of Israel <03478>! You ought to know <03045> what is just <04941>,
2yet you hate <08130> what is good <02896>, and love <0157> what is evil <07451>. You flay <01497> my people’s skin <05785> and rip the flesh <07607> from <05921> their bones <06106>.
3You devour <0398> my people’s <05971> flesh <07607>, strip off <06584> their skin <05785>, and crush <06476> their bones <06106>. You chop <06566> them up <06566> like <0834> flesh in a pot <05518>– like meat <01320> in <08432> a kettle <07037>.
4Someday <0227> these sinners will cry <02199> to <0413> the Lord <03068> for help, but he will not <03808> answer <06030> them. He will hide <05641> his <01931> face <06440> from them <01992> at that time <06256>, because <0834> they <01992> have done such wicked <07489> deeds <04611>.”
5This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “The prophets <05030> who mislead <08582> my people <05971> are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat <05391>, they offer <07121> an oracle <08127> of peace <07965>. But if someone does not <03808> give <05414> them food, they are ready to declare <06942> war <04421> on <05921> him.
6Therefore <03651> night <03915> will fall, and you will receive no visions <02377>; it will grow dark <02821>, and you will no longer be able to read <07080> the omens <07080>. The sun <08121> will set <0935> on <05921> these prophets <05030>, and the daylight <03117> will turn to darkness <06937> over <05921> their heads.
7The prophets <02374> will be ashamed <02659>; the omen readers <07080> will be humiliated <0954>. All <03605> of them will cover <05844> their mouths <08222>, for <03588> they will receive no <0369> divine <0430> oracles <04617>.”
8But <0199> I am <0595> full <04390> of the courage <03581> that the Lord’s <03068> Spirit <07307> gives, and have a strong <01369> commitment to justice <04941>. This enables me to confront <05046> Jacob <03290> with its rebellion <06588>, and Israel <03478> with its sin <02403>.
9Listen <08085> to this <02063>, you leaders <07218> of the family <01004> of Jacob <03290>, you rulers <07101> of the nation <01004> of Israel <03478>! You hate <08581> justice <04941> and pervert <06140> all <03605> that is right <03477>.
10You build <01129> Zion <06726> through bloody crimes <01818>, Jerusalem <03389> through unjust violence <05766>.
11Her leaders <07218> take bribes <07810> when they decide <08199> legal cases, her priests <03548> proclaim <03384> rulings for profit <04242>, and her prophets <05030> read omens <07080> for <05921> pay <03701>. Yet they claim to trust <08172> the Lord <03068> and say <0559>, “The Lord <03068> is among <07130> us. Disaster <07451> will not <03808> overtake <05921> <0935> us!”
12Therefore <03651>, because <01558> of you, Zion <06726> will be plowed up <02790> like a field <07704>, Jerusalem <03389> will become a heap of ruins <05856>, and the Temple <01004> Mount <02022> will become <01961> a hill <01116> overgrown with brush <03293>!