1. Then I said,“Listen, leaders of the people of Jacob.Listen, you rulers of the nation of Israel.You should know how to decide cases fairly.
2. But you hate good and love evil.You skin my people alive.You tear the flesh off their bones.
3. You are destroying my people.You skin them and break their bones.You chop them up in pieceslike meat to put in the pot.
4. Then you will pray to the Lord.But he won’t answer you.He will hide his face from you,because you have done evil.”
5. The Lord says this about the prophets who teach his people the wrong way of living:“If someone gives these prophets food to eat,they shout, ‘Peace!’But if he doesn’t give them food,they prepare for war against him.