1And 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? 2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3Who 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. 4Then 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.
5¶ 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. 6Therefore 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.3.6 that…: vision: Heb. from a vision3.6 that…: divine: Heb. from divining 7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.3.7 lips: Heb. upper lip
8¶ 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. 9Hear 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. 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.3.10 blood: Heb. bloods 11The 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.3.11 and say: Heb. saying 12Therefore 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.
斥責以色列的領袖
1我說：「雅各的首領，以色列家的統治者啊！
你們要聽！
難道你們不知正義嗎？
2你們憎惡良善，
喜愛邪惡，
剝下我百姓的皮，
從他們的骨頭上剔肉。
3你們吃我百姓的肉，
剝我百姓的皮，
打碎他們的骨頭，
把他們切成塊，
如同下在鍋裡、放進釜中的肉。
4你們遭難的時候，
向耶和華呼求，
祂必不應允你們。
因你們的惡行，
祂必掩面不顧你們。」
5耶和華說：
「使我的子民步入歧途的先知啊，
你們向供養你們的人報平安，
出言攻擊那不供養你們的人。
6因此，黑夜必籠罩你們，
使你們看不見異象；
幽暗必臨到你們，
使你們無法占卜。
太陽要因你們而沉落，
白晝變為黑夜。
7假先見必抱愧，
占卜者必蒙羞。
因得不到上帝的答覆，
你們必羞愧地捂著臉。」
8至於我，
因有耶和華的靈，
我充滿權能、正義和力量，
能向雅各宣告他的過犯，
向以色列宣告他的罪惡。
9雅各家的首領，以色列家的統治者啊，
你們要聽！
你們厭惡正義，顛倒是非；
10以血腥建立錫安，
以罪惡建造耶路撒冷。
11城裡的首領為貪贓而枉法，
祭司為銀子而施教，
先知為錢財而占卜。
他們卻宣稱倚靠耶和華，說：
「耶和華不是在我們當中嗎？
災禍不會臨到我們。」
12所以，因你們的緣故，
錫安必像田地被耕犁，
耶路撒冷必淪為廢墟，
聖殿山必成為荒林之岡。
