| Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then I said, "Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren't you supposed to know what is just? | 1I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, |
| 2You hate good and love evil. You tear off people's skin and strip their flesh from their bones. | 2yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones. |
| 3You eat the flesh of my people after you strip their skin from them and break their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron." | 3You devour my people's flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot--like meat in a kettle. |
| 4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed. | 4Someday these sinners will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds." |
| 5This is what the LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths. | 5This is what the LORD says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him. |
| 6Therefore, it will be night for you--without visions; it will grow dark for you--without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. | 6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. |
| 7Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners disappointed. They will all cover their mouths because there will be no answer from God. | 7The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles." |
| 8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin. | 8But I am full of the courage that the LORD's Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin. |
| 9Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right, | 9Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right. |
| 10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice. | 10You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence. |
| 11Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, "Isn't the LORD among us? No disaster will overtake us." | 11Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say, "The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!" |
| 12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple's mountain will be a high thicket. | 12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush! |
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