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 aliveand tear the flesh off their bones.
3 You eat my people’s fleshand skin them and break their bones;you chop them up like meat for the pot,like meat in a cooking pan.
4 They will cry to the Lord,but he won’t answer them.At that time he will hide his face from them,because what they have done is evil.”
5 The Lord says this about the prophets who teach his people the wrong way of living:“If these prophets are given food to eat,they shout, ‘Peace!’But if someone doesn’t give them what they ask for,they call for a holy war against that person.
6 So it will become like night for them, without visions.It will become dark for them, without any way to tell the future.The sun is about to set for the prophets;their day will become dark.
7 The seers will be ashamed;the people who see the future will be embarrassed.Yes, all of them will cover their mouths,because there will be no answer from God.”