1 ¶ And I said, Please listen, you leaders of Jacob, and rulers over the house of Israel; Shouldn’t you know what is just?

2 You who hate what is good, and love what is evil; who tear the skin off my people, and the flesh from their bones;

3 You eat the flesh of my people, after skinning them; breaking their bones, and chopping them to pieces, like meat for the pot, and flesh for the caldron.

4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil things they have done.

5 The LORD says this concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who preach peace and blessing to those who give them food to eat; but are hostile to those who do not put food in their mouths.

6 That is why night will come upon you, you will have no visions; you will be in the dark, and will not know what the future holds; the sun will go down on the self-appointed prophets, and their day will be dark.

7 Then the seers will be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they will all cover their lips; because God will not answer them.

8 ¶ But by the spirit of the LORD I am truly full of power, and judgment, and courage, to point out the transgression of Jacob, and convict Israel of his sin.

9 Please listen to this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers over the house of Israel, you who abhor justice, and pervert everything that is right.

10 You build Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with wrong doing.

11 Her leaders have to be bribed to do what is right, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell the future for money: yet they lean on the LORD, saying, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.

12 Therefore because of you Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will be ruins, and the temple mount will become a wooded hilltop.