6. Therefore you shall have night, not vision,darkness, not divination;The sun shall go down upon the prophets,and the day shall be dark for them.
7. Then the seers shall be put to shame,and the diviners confounded;They shall all cover their lips,because there is no answer from God.
8. But as for me, I am filled with power,with the spirit of the Lord,with justice and with might;To declare to Jacob his crimesand to Israel his sins.
9. Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob,you rulers of the house of Israel!You who abhor justice,and pervert all that is right;
10. Who build up Zion with bloodshed,and Jerusalem with wickedness!
11. Its leaders render judgment for a bribe,the priests teach for pay,the prophets divine for money,While they rely on the Lord, saying,“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?No evil can come upon us!”
12. Therefore, because of you,Zion shall be plowed like a field,and Jerusalem reduced to rubble,And the mount of the templeto a forest ridge.