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1. And I said H559 , Hear H8085 , I pray you H4994 , O heads H7218 of Jacob H3290 , and ye princes H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; Is it not H3808 for you to know H3045 H853 judgment H4941 ?
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1. And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
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2. Who hate H8130 the good H2896 , and love H157 the evil H7451 ; who pluck off H1497 their skin H5785 from off H4480 H5921 them , and their flesh H7607 from off H4480 H5921 their bones H6106 ;
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2. Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
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3. Who H834 also eat H398 the flesh H7607 of my people H5971 , and flay H6584 their skin H5785 from off H4480 H5921 them ; and they break H6476 their bones H6106 , and chop them in pieces H6566 , as H834 for the pot H5518 , and as flesh H1320 within H8432 the caldron H7037 .
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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.
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4. Then H227 shall they cry H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , but he will not H3808 hear H6030 them : he will even hide H5641 his face H6440 from H4480 them at that H1931 time H6256 , as H834 they have behaved themselves ill H7489 in their doings H4611 .
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4. Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
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5. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 that make H853 my people H5971 err H8582 , that bite H5391 with their teeth H8127 , and cry H7121 , Peace H7965 ; and he that H834 putteth H5414 not H3808 into H5921 their mouths H6310 , they even prepare H6942 war H4421 against H5921 him.
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5. Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
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6. Therefore H3651 night H3915 shall be unto you , that ye shall not have a vision H4480 H2377 ; and it shall be dark H2821 unto you , that ye shall not divine H4480 H7080 ; and the sun H8121 shall go down H935 over H5921 the prophets H5030 , and the day H3117 shall be dark H6937 over H5921 them.
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6. Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
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7. Then shall the seers H2374 be ashamed H954 , and the diviners H7080 confounded H2659 : yea , they shall all H3605 cover H5844 H5921 their lips H8222 ; for H3588 there is no H369 answer H4617 of God H430 .
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7. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
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8. But truly H199 I H595 am full H4390 of power H3581 by H854 the spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 , and of judgment H4941 , and of might H1369 , to declare H5046 unto Jacob H3290 his transgression H6588 , and to Israel H3478 his sin H2403 .
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8. But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
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9. Hear H8085 this H2063 , I pray you H4994 , ye heads H7218 of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , and princes H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , that abhor H8581 judgment H4941 , and pervert H6140 all H3605 equity H3477 .
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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.
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10. They build up H1129 Zion H6726 with blood H1818 , and Jerusalem H3389 with iniquity H5766 .
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10. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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11. The heads H7218 thereof judge H8199 for reward H7810 , and the priests H3548 thereof teach H3384 for hire H4242 , and the prophets H5030 thereof divine H7080 for money H3701 : yet will they lean H8172 upon H5921 the LORD H3068 , and say H559 , Is not H3808 the LORD H3068 among H7130 us? none H3808 evil H7451 can come H935 upon H5921 us.
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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 LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
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12. Therefore H3651 shall Zion H6726 for your sake H1558 be plowed H2790 as a field H7704 , and Jerusalem H3389 shall become H1961 heaps H5856 , and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of the forest H3293 .
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12. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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