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King James Version
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye
heads of Jacob, and rulers
of the house of Israel :
is it not for you to know justice
?
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O
heads of Jacob, and ye
princes
of the house of Israel ;
Is it not for you to know judgment
?
ye
who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them ,
and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them ;
and they
break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Then shall they cry unto Jehovah
, but he will not answer
them ;
yea,
he will hide his face from them at that time, according
as they have wrought
evil
in their doings.
Then shall they cry unto the
LORD
, but he will not hear
them :
he will even
hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved
themselves
ill
in their doings.
Thus saith Jehovah
concerning the prophets that make my people to
err ;
that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso
putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him :
Thus saith the
LORD
concerning the prophets that make my people err ,
that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he
that
putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him .
Therefore it
shall be night
unto you, that ye shall have no
vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon
the prophets, and the day shall be black
over them.
Therefore night
shall be unto you, that ye shall not
have a
vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over
the prophets, and the day shall be dark
over them.
And
the seers shall
be put
to
shame
, and the diviners confounded ;
yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Then
shall
the seers be ashamed
, and the diviners confounded :
yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
But as
for
me,
I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah
, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
But truly
I am full of power by the spirit of the
LORD
, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers
of the house of Israel, that abhor justice
, and pervert all equity.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes
of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment
, and pervert all equity.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah
, and say, Is not Jehovah
in
the midst
of
us? no
evil shall
come upon us.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will
they lean upon the
LORD
, and say, Is not the LORD
among
us? none
evil can
come upon us.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a
forest.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the
forest.
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