1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel;
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
4 Then shall they cry unto the
5 Thus saith the
6 Therefore night
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for
8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the
12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed