1 I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!You are supposed to know right from wrong,
2 but you are the very oneswho hate good and love evil.You skin my people aliveand tear the flesh from their bones.
3 Yes, you eat my people’s flesh,strip off their skin,and break their bones.You chop them uplike meat for the cooking pot.
4 Then you beg the lord for help in times of trouble!Do you really expect him to answer?After all the evil you have done,he won’t even look at you!”