3 Then I said, “Now listen,

you leaders of Yakob (Jacob),

≈and rulers of the house of Yisra’el (Israel):

Isn’t it your responsibility to understand justice?

2 Those who hate good

≈and love evil,

those who tear their skin off them

≈and their flesh from their bones,

3 those who eat the flesh of my people,

≈and their skin that they’ve stripped off them,

they break their bones,

≈and chop them in pieces,

just like soup in a pot—

≈like meat in a cauldron.

4 Then they’ll call out to Yahweh for help,

but he won’t answer them.

≈He’ll hide himself from them at that time,

because they’ve done evil things.”

5 So Yahweh speaks out against the ‘prophets’ who lead his people astray.

They lie through their teeth and proclaim, ‘Peace.’

They’re fighting against the one who never put a single word into their mouths.

6 Therefore, it’ll be night for you, without any visions.

≈It will be dark for you, without any prophesying.

The sun will go down on the ‘prophets’,

≈and the day will be black for them.

7 The tellers of the future will be put to shame,

≈and the diviners will be disgraced.

They will cover their lips, all of them,

≈because there’ll be no answer from God.”

8 But I’m full of power from Yahweh’s spirit,

≈and full of justice and strength,

to declare to Yakob his disobedience,

≈and to Yisra’el his sin.

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