1He said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?"2Haters of good and lovers of evil, who peel their skin from them and their flesh from their bones.3and those who ate the remnant of the people stripped their skin off them and cracked open their bones and spread them out as when in a pot and as flesh in the midst of a caldron.4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have done evil with their deeds.5The LORD says this concerning the prophets who lead astray my people, who bite with their teeth and cry "Peace!"—but whoever does not put something into their mouths, they consecrate warfare against him.6Therefore night—for you—from vision, and darkness—for you—from divination, and the sun has come upon the prophets and the day has grown dark upon them.7And the seers are ashamed, and the diviners are confounded, and they all cover their lip, for there is no response of God.8But as for me, I am filled with divine power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.9Hear this now, heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, the ones who abhor justice and twist all that is straight.10They build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with burnt offering.11Its heads judge for a bribe, and its priests instruct for a price, and its prophets divine for silver; yet they lean upon the LORD for help, saying, "Is not the LORD in our midst? Evil will not come upon us."12Therefore, on account of you, Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will be a heap of ruins, and the Mount of the house will be high places like a forest.