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 | 3:1 | And I said,559 Hear,8085 I pray you, O heads7218 of Jacob,3290 and ye princes7101 of the house1004 of Israel;3478 Is it not for you to know3045 judgment?4941 |
| 3:2 | Who hate8130 the good,2896 and love157 the evil;7451 who pluck off1497 their skin5785 from off them, and their flesh7607 from off their bones;6106 |
| 3:3 | Who also eat398 the flesh7607 of my people,5971 and flay6584 their skin5785 from off them; and they break6476 their bones,6106 and chop them in pieces,6566 as for the pot,5518 and as flesh1320 within8432 the caldron.7037 |
| 3:4 | Then shall they cry2199 unto Yahweh,3068 but he will not hear6030 them: he will even hide5641 his face6440 from them at that time,6256 as they have behaved themselves ill7489 in their doings.4611 |
| 3:5 | Thus saith559 Yahweh3068 concerning the prophets5030 that make my people5971 err,8582 that bite5391 with their teeth,8127 and cry,7121 Peace;7965 and he that putteth5414 not into their mouths,6310 they even prepare6942 war4421 against him. |
| 3:6 | Therefore night3915 shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;2377 and it shall be dark2821 unto you, that ye shall not divine;7080 and the sun8121 shall go down935 over the prophets,5030 and the day3117 shall be dark6937 over them. |
| 3:7 | Then shall the seers2374 be ashamed,954 and the diviners7080 confounded:2659 yea, they shall all cover5844 their lips;8222 for there is no answer4617 of Elohim.430 |
| 3:8 | But truly199 I am full4390 of power3581 by the spirit7307 of Yahweh,3068 and of judgment,4941 and of might,1369 to declare5046 unto Jacob3290 his transgression,6588 and to Israel3478 his sin.2403 |
| 3:9 | Hear8085 this, I pray you, ye heads7218 of the house1004 of Jacob,3290 and princes7101 of the house1004 of Israel,3478 that abhor8581 judgment,4941 and pervert6140 all equity.3477 |
| 3:10 | They build up1129 Zion6726 with blood,1818 and Jerusalem3389 with iniquity.5766 |
| 3:11 | The heads7218 thereof judge8199 for reward,7810 and the priests3548 thereof teach3384 for hire,4242 and the prophets5030 thereof divine7080 for money:3701 yet will they lean8172 upon Yahweh,3068 and say,559 Is not Yahweh3068 among7130 us? none evil7451 can come935 upon us. |
| 3:12 | Therefore shall Zion6726 for your sake1558 be plowed2790 as a field,7704 and Jerusalem3389 shall become heaps,5856 and the mountain2022 of the house1004 as the high places1116 of the forest.3293 |
