Wicked Rulers and Prophets
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you arulers of the house of Israel:
bIs it not for you to know justice?
Who strip the skin from1 My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
bLike flesh in the caldron.”
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.
Who make my people stray;
Who chant1 “Peace”
While they bchew with their teeth,
But who prepare war against him
cWho puts nothing into their mouths:
And you shall have darkness without divination;
The sun shall go down on the prophets,
And the day shall be dark for bthem.
And the diviners abashed;
Indeed they shall all cover their lips;
aFor there is no answer from God.”
And of justice and might,
aTo declare to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.
You heads of the house of Jacob
And1 rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And pervert all equity,
bHer priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for1 money.
cYet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
Zion shall be aplowed like a field,
bJerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And cthe mountain of the temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
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American Standard Version
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Amplified® Bible
You who hate the good and love the evil, who pluck {and} steal the skin from off [My people] and their flesh from off their bones;
Contemporary English Version
but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,
Darby English Version
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Good News Bible
yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
King James Version
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
New American Standard Bible
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
New International Version
you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
and the flesh from their bones;
New King James Version
You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
Revised Standard Version
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people, and their flesh from off their bones;
Young's Literal Translation
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
New English Translation
yet you1 hate what is good,2 and love what is evil.3 You flay my people’s skin4 and rip the flesh from their bones.5
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