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# Chapter 3
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1 I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
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You are supposed to know right from wrong,
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2 but you are the very ones
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who hate good and love evil.
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You skin my people alive
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and tear the flesh from their bones.
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3 Yes, you eat my people’s flesh,
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strip off their skin,
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and break their bones.
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You chop them up
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like meat for the cooking pot.
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4 Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble!
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Do you really expect him to answer?
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After all the evil you have done,
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he won’t even look at you!”
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5 This is what the Lord says:
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“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
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You promise peace for those who give you food,
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but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.
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6 Now the night will close around you,
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cutting off all your visions.
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Darkness will cover you,
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putting an end to your predictions.
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The sun will set for you prophets,
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and your day will come to an end.
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7 Then you seers will be put to shame,
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and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced.
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And you will cover your faces
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because there is no answer from God.”
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8 But as for me, I am filled with power—
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with the Spirit of the Lord.
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I am filled with justice and strength
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to boldly declare Israel’s sin and rebellion.
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9 Listen to me, you leaders of Israel!
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You hate justice and twist all that is right.
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10 You are building Jerusalem
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on a foundation of murder and corruption.
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11 You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
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you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
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you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
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Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.
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“No harm can come to us,” you say,
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“for the Lord is here among us.”
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12 Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
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Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
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A thicket will grow on the heights
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where the Temple now stands. |