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Leaders and Prophets Rebuked
Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
Judgment against Israel’s Leaders
I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
You are supposed to know right from wrong,
I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
You are supposed to know right from wrong,
you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
and the flesh from their bones;
who tear the skin from my people
and the flesh from their bones;
but you are the very ones
who hate good and love evil.
You skin my people alive
and tear the flesh from their bones.
who hate good and love evil.
You skin my people alive
and tear the flesh from their bones.
who eat my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin
and break their bones in pieces;
who chop them up like meat for the pan,
like flesh for the pot?”
strip off their skin
and break their bones in pieces;
who chop them up like meat for the pan,
like flesh for the pot?”
Yes, you eat my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin,
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like meat for the cooking pot.
strip off their skin,
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like meat for the cooking pot.
Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but he will not answer them.
At that time he will hide his face from them
because of the evil they have done.
but he will not answer them.
At that time he will hide his face from them
because of the evil they have done.
Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble!
Do you really expect him to answer?
After all the evil you have done,
he won’t even look at you!”
Do you really expect him to answer?
After all the evil you have done,
he won’t even look at you!”
This is what the Lord says:
“As for the prophets
who lead my people astray,
they proclaim ‘peace’
if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
who refuses to feed them.
“As for the prophets
who lead my people astray,
they proclaim ‘peace’
if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
who refuses to feed them.
This is what the LORD says:
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
and darkness, without divination.
The sun will set for the prophets,
and the day will go dark for them.
and darkness, without divination.
The sun will set for the prophets,
and the day will go dark for them.
Now the night will close around you,
cutting off all your visions.
Darkness will cover you,
putting an end to your predictions.
The sun will set for you prophets,
and your day will come to an end.
cutting off all your visions.
Darkness will cover you,
putting an end to your predictions.
The sun will set for you prophets,
and your day will come to an end.
The seers will be ashamed
and the diviners disgraced.
They will all cover their faces
because there is no answer from God.”
and the diviners disgraced.
They will all cover their faces
because there is no answer from God.”
Then you seers will be put to shame,
and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced.
And you will cover your faces
because there is no answer from God.”
and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced.
And you will cover your faces
because there is no answer from God.”
But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.
But as for me, I am filled with power —
with the Spirit of the LORD.
I am filled with justice and strength
to boldly declare Israel’s sin and rebellion.
with the Spirit of the LORD.
I am filled with justice and strength
to boldly declare Israel’s sin and rebellion.
Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort all that is right;
you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort all that is right;
Listen to me, you leaders of Israel!
You hate justice and twist all that is right.
You hate justice and twist all that is right.
who build Zion with bloodshed,
and Jerusalem with wickedness.
and Jerusalem with wickedness.
You are building Jerusalem
on a foundation of murder and corruption.
on a foundation of murder and corruption.
Her leaders judge for a bribe,
her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets tell fortunes for money.
Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No disaster will come upon us.”
her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets tell fortunes for money.
Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No disaster will come upon us.”
You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”
you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”
Therefore because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.