3:1 And I said 559 8799, Hear 8085 8798, I pray you, O heads 7218 of Jacob 3290, and ye princes 7101 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478; [Is it] not for you to know 3045 8800 judgment 4941?

3:2 Who hate 8130 8802 the good 2896, and love 157 8802 the evil 7451; who pluck off 1497 8802 their skin 5785 from off them, and their flesh 7607 from off their bones 6106;

3:3 Who also eat 398 8804 the flesh 7607 of my people 5971, and flay 6584 8689 their skin 5785 from off them; and they break 6476 8765 their bones 6106, and chop them in pieces 6566 8804, as for the pot 5518, and as flesh 1320 within 8432 the caldron 7037.

3:4 Then shall they cry 2199 8799 unto the LORD 3068, but he will not hear 6030 8799 them: he will even hide 5641 8686 his face 6440 from them at that time 6256, as they have behaved themselves ill 7489 8689 in their doings 4611.

3:5 Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 concerning the prophets 5030 that make my people 5971 err 8582 8688, that bite 5391 8802 with their teeth 8127, and cry 7121 8804, Peace 7965; and he that putteth 5414 8799 not into their mouths 6310, they even prepare 6942 8765 war 4421 against him.

3:6 Therefore night 3915 [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision 2377; and it shall be dark 2821 8675 2821 8804 unto you, that ye shall not divine 7080 8800; and the sun 8121 shall go down 935 8804 over the prophets 5030, and the day 3117 shall be dark 6937 8804 over them.(that…: vision: Heb. from a vision)(that…: divine: Heb. from divining)

3:7 Then shall the seers 2374 be ashamed 954 8804, and the diviners 7080 8802 confounded 2659 8804: yea, they shall all cover 5844 8804 their lips 8222; for [there is] no answer 4617 of God 430.(lips: Heb. upper lip)

3:8 But truly 199 I am full 4390 8804 of power 3581 by the spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068, and of judgment 4941, and of might 1369, to declare 5046 8687 unto Jacob 3290 his transgression 6588, and to Israel 3478 his sin 2403.

3:9 Hear 8085 8798 this, I pray you, ye heads 7218 of the house 1004 of Jacob 3290, and princes 7101 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478, that abhor 8581 8764 judgment 4941, and pervert 6140 8762 all equity 3477.

3:10 They build up 1129 8802 Zion 6726 with blood 1818, and Jerusalem 3389 with iniquity 5766.(blood: Heb. bloods)

3:11 The heads 7218 thereof judge 8199 8799 for reward 7810, and the priests 3548 thereof teach 3384 8686 for hire 4242, and the prophets 5030 thereof divine 7080 8799 for money 3701: yet will they lean 8172 8735 upon the LORD 3068, and say 559 8800, [Is] not the LORD 3068 among 7130 us? none evil 7451 can come 935 8799 upon us.(and say: Heb. saying)

3:12 Therefore shall Zion 6726 for your sake 1558 be plowed 2790 8735 [as] a field 7704, and Jerusalem 3389 shall become heaps 5856, and the mountain 2022 of the house 1004 as the high places 1116 of the forest 3293.

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