Rulers and Prophets Condemned 1 ULT And I said,“Hear, please, heads of Jacob and commanders of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice? BSB BSB: Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
2 ULT Haters of good and lovers of evil, tearing their skin from upon them and their flesh from upon their bones, BSB BSB: You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
3 ULT and who have eaten the flesh of my people, and their skin from upon them they have stripped, and their bones they have broken, and they have chopped{ them} up as{ what} is in the pot, and as flesh inside a cauldron.” BSB BSB: You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
4 ULT Then they will cry out to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. And he will hide his face from them at that time, just as they have made their deeds evil. BSB BSB: 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.
5 ULT Thus says Yahweh,“Concerning the prophets causing my people to wander astray, biting with their teeth, then they call out,‘Peace!’ But whoever does not put{ something} in their mouths, they consecrate war against him. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
6 ULT Therefore,{ it will be} night for you without vision, and it will be dark for you without divining. And the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will become dark over them.” BSB BSB: Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
7 ULT And the seers will be ashamed, and the diviners will be disgraced. And all of them will cover over the mustache, for there is no answer of God. BSB BSB: Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
8 ULT But I, in contrast, I am full of power, the Spirit of Yahweh, and justice, and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. BSB BSB: As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
9 ULT Hear this, please, heads of the house of Jacob and commanders of the house of Israel, the ones abhorring justice and making all of the straight{ things} crooked, BSB BSB: Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
10 ULT building Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice. BSB BSB: who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 ULT Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets divine for silver. Yet they lean on Yahweh, saying,“Is not Yahweh in our midst? Evil will not come upon us.” BSB BSB: Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
12 ULT Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed{ as} a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps, and the mountain of the house, as high places of a forest. BSB BSB: Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.