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And I said[H559], Hear[H8085], I pray you, O heads[H7218] of Jacob[H3290], and ye princes[H7101] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; Is it not for you to know[H3045]judgment?[H4941]
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Who hate[H8130] the good[H2896], and love[H157] the evil[H7451]; who pluck off[H1497] their skin[H5785] from off[H1497] them, and their flesh[H7607] from off[H1497] their bones[H6106];
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Who also eat[H398] the flesh[H7607] of my people[H5971], and flay[H6584] their skin[H5785] from off them; and they break[H6476] their bones[H6106], and chop them in pieces[H6566], as for the pot[H5518], and as flesh[H1320]within[H8432] the caldron[H7037].
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Then shall they cry[H2199] unto the LORD[H3068], but he will not hear[H6030] them: he will even hide[H5641] his face[H6440] from them at that time[H6256], as they have behaved themselves ill[H7489] in their doings[H4611].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] concerning the prophets[H5030] that make my people[H5971]err[H8582], that bite[H5391] with their teeth[H8127], and cry[H7121], Peace[H7965]; and he that putteth[H5414] not into their mouths[H6310], they even prepare[H6942]war[H4421] against him.
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Therefore night[H3915] shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision[H2377]; and it shall be dark[H2821] unto you, that ye shall not divine[H7080]; and the sun[H8121] shall go down[H935] over the prophets[H5030], and the day[H3117] shall be dark[H6937] over them.
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Then shall the seers[H2374] be ashamed[H954], and the diviners[H7080]confounded[H2659]: yea, they shall all cover[H5844] their lips[H8222]; for there is no answer[H4617] of God[H430].
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But truly[H199] I am full[H4390] of power[H3581] by the spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068], and of judgment[H4941], and of might[H1369], to declare[H5046] unto Jacob[H3290] his transgression[H6588], and to Israel[H3478] his sin[H2403].
9Hear[H8085] this, I pray you, ye heads[H7218] of the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], and princes[H7101] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], that abhor[H8581]judgment[H4941], and pervert[H6140] all equity[H3477].
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They build up[H1129]Zion[H6726] with blood[H1818], and Jerusalem[H3389] with iniquity[H5766].
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The heads[H7218] thereof judge[H8199] for reward[H7810], and the priests[H3548] thereof teach[H3384] for hire[H4242], and the prophets[H5030] thereof divine[H7080] for money[H3701]: yet will they lean[H8172] upon the LORD[H3068], and say[H559], Is not the LORD[H3068]among[H7130] us? none evil[H7451] can come[H935] upon us.
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Therefore shall Zion[H6726] for your sake[H1558] be plowed[H2790] as a field[H7704], and Jerusalem[H3389] shall become heaps[H5856], and the mountain[H2022] of the house[H1004] as the high places[H1116] of the forest[H3293].