| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice, | 1Then I said, "Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren't you supposed to know what is just? |
| 2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; | 2You hate good and love evil. You tear off people's skin and strip their flesh from their bones. |
| 3who eat my people's flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?" | 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." |
| 4Then 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. | 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. |
| 5This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim 'peace' if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them. | 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. |
| 6Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them. | 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. |
| 7The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God." | 7Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners disappointed. They will all cover their mouths because there will be no answer from God. |
| 8But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin. | 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. |
| 9Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right; | 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, |
| 10who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness. | 10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice. |
| 11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the LORD's support and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us." | 11Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying," Isn't the LORD among us? No disaster will overtake us." |
| 12Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets. | 12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the hill of the temple mount will be a thicket. |
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