1 Then I said,“Listen, leaders of the people of Jacob.Listen, you rulers of the nation of Israel.You should know how to decide cases fairly.
2 But you hate good and love evil.You skin my people alive.You tear the flesh off their bones.
3 You are destroying my people.You skin them and break their bones.You chop them up in pieceslike meat to put in the pot.
4 Then you will pray to the Lord.But he won’t answer you.He will hide his face from you,because you have done evil.”
5 The Lord says this about the prophets who teach his people the wrong way of living:“If someone gives these prophets food to eat,they shout, ‘Peace!’But if he doesn’t give them food,they prepare for war against him.