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56 lines
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# Chapter 3
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1 Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
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you rulers of the house of Israel.
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Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
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2 You hate good and love evil.
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You tear off people’s skin
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and strip their flesh from their bones.
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3 You eat the flesh of my people
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after you strip their skin from them
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and break their bones.
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You chop them up
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like flesh for the cooking pot,
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like meat in a cauldron.”
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4 Then they will cry out to the Lord,
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but he will not answer them.
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He will hide his face from them at that time
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because of the crimes they have committed.
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5 This is what the Lord says
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concerning the prophets
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who lead my people astray,
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who proclaim peace
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when they have food to sink their teeth into
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but declare war against the one
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who puts nothing in their mouths.
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6 Therefore, it will be night for you—
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without visions;
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it will grow dark for you—
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without divination.
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The sun will set on these prophets,
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and the daylight will turn black over them.
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7 Then the seers will be ashamed
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and the diviners disappointed.
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They will all cover their mouths
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because there will be no answer from God.
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8 As for me, however, I am filled with power
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by the Spirit of the Lord,
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with justice and courage,
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to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion
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and to Israel his sin.
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9 Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,
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you rulers of the house of Israel,
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who abhor justice
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and pervert everything that is right,
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10 who build Zion with bloodshed
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and Jerusalem with injustice.
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11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
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her priests teach for payment,
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and her prophets practice divination for silver.
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Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
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“Isn’t the Lord among us?
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No disaster will overtake us.”
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12 Therefore, because of you,
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Zion will be plowed like a field,
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Jerusalem will become ruins,
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and the temple’s mountain
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will be a high thicket. |