1Then I said, “Please listen, you leaders of Jacob, and rulers of the people of Israel: Shouldn’t you know what is right?
2You hate what is good and love what is evil. You tear the skin from people’s bodies and the flesh from their bones;
3They eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for a pot.
4Then they will cry out to Yahweh, but he won't answer them. He will turn away from them at that time, because their actions were evil.
5Yahweh says this about the prophets who lead my people astray: they promise 'Peace!' to those who feed them, but they prepare for war against anyone who doesn't give them food.
6Therefore, night will come upon you, and you will have no visions. It will be dark for you, so you cannot predict the future. The sun will set on the prophets, and the day will become dark over them.
7The seers will be ashamed, and the fortune-tellers disgraced. Yes, they will all cover their mouths, because there will be no answer from God.
8But as for me, I am filled with power by Yahweh's Spirit, with justice and strength, to tell Jacob about his disobedience and Israel about his sin.
9Please listen to this, you leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, who hate justice and twist everything that is right.
10They build up Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with wickedness.
11Her leaders take bribes to judge, her priests teach for money, and her prophets predict the future for a fee. Yet they rely on Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh is with us; no disaster will strike us.”
12Because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the temple mountain will be overgrown like a forest.