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¹ Then I said, “Now listen,^(C1) leaders of Jacob,² You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin^(C1)
and strip their flesh from their bones.³ You eat the flesh^(C1) of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up^(C2)
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”⁴ Then they will cry out^(C1) to the Lord,
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time^(C2)
because of the crimes they have committed.

⁵ This is what the Lord says
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,^(C1)
who proclaim^(C2) peace
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.⁶ Therefore, it will be night^(C1) for you—
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.^(C2)
The sun will set^(C3) on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn black over them.⁷ Then the seers will be ashamed^(C1)
and the diviners disappointed.^(C2)
They will all cover their mouths^(F1)(C3)
because there will be no answer from God.^(C4)

⁹ Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,^(C1)
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice^(C2)
and pervert everything that is right,¹⁰ who build Zion with bloodshed^(C1)
and Jerusalem with injustice.¹¹ Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,^(C1)
her priests teach for payment,^(C2)
and her prophets practice divination for silver.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord^(C3) among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”¹² Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,^(C1)
and the temple’s mountain^(C2)
will be a high thicket.^(C3)