3:1 And he shall say, Hear now these words,
ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel; is it
not for you to know judgment?
3:2 [who] hate good, and seek evil; [who] tear their skins off them, and
their flesh off their bones:
3:3 even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins
off them, and broke their bones, and divided [them] as flesh for the
caldron, and as meat for the pot,
3:4 thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not hearken to them; and
he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done
wickedly in their practices against themselves.
3:5 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray,
that bit with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and [when] nothing
was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:
3:6 therefore there shall be night to you instead of a vision, and there
shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy; and the sun shall go down upon
the prophets, and the day shall be dark upon them.
3:7 And the seers of night-visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall
be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because
there shall be none to hearken to them.
3:8 Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord, and of
judgment, and of power, to declare to Jacob his transgressions, and to
Israel his sins.
3:9 Hear now these words, ye chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant
of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;
3:10 who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
3:11 The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have
answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and [yet] they
have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall
come upon us.
3:12 Therefore on your account Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and
Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house
as a grove of the forest. |
3:1 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?
3:2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off
them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3:3 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.
3:4 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.
3:5 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.
3:6 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.
3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they
shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
3:8 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.
3:9 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.
3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
3:11 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.
3:12 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. |