1
And I
said,
Hear, I pray you, O
heads of
Jacob, and ye
princes of the
house of
Israel; Is it not for you to
know judgment?
yenyic.q.W b{q][;y yeva'r a'n -.W[.miv r;m{a'w ? j'P.viM;h -t,a t;[;d'l ~,k'l aw{l]h lea'r.fIy tyeB
2
Who
hate the
good, and
love the
evil; who pluck
off their
skin from off them, and their
flesh from off their
bones;
~,hyel][em ~'rw{[ yel.z{G h'['r yeb]h{a.w bw{j yea.n{f ? ~'tw{m.c;[ l;[em ~'rea.v.W
3
Who also
eat the
flesh of my
people, and
flay their
skin from off them; and they
break their
bones, and chop them in
pieces, as for the
pot, and as
flesh within the
caldron.
~,hyel][em ~'rw{[.w yiM;[ rea.v .Wl.k'a r,v]a;w ? .Wf.r'p.W .WxeCiP ~,hyet{m.c;[ -t,a.w .Wjyiv.pih ? t;x'L;q .$w{t.B r'f'b.k.W ryiS;B r,v]a;K
4
Then shall they
cry unto the
LORD, but he will not
hear them: he will even
hide his
face from them at that
time, as they have behaved themselves
ill in their
doings.
~'tw{a h,n][;y a{l.w h'wh.y -l,a .Wq][.zIy z'a ? .W[ereh r,v]a;K ayih;h te['B ~,hem wy'n'P reT.s;y.w ? ~,hyel.l;[;m
5
Thus
saith the
LORD concerning the
prophets that make my
people err, that
bite with their
teeth, and
cry,
Peace; and he that
putteth not into their
mouths, they even
prepare war against him.
~yi[.t;M;h ~yiayib.N;h -l;[ h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? ~w{l'v .Wa.r'q.w ~,hyeNiv.B ~yik.v{N;h yiM;[ -t,a ? wy'l'[ .Wv.Diq.w ~,hyiP -l;[ !eTIy -a{l r,v]a;w ? h'm'x.lim
6
Therefore
night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a
vision; and it shall be
dark* unto you, that ye shall not
divine; and the
sun shall go
down over the
prophets, and the
day shall be
dark over them.
~{s.Qim ~,k'l h'k.v'x.w !w{z'xem ~,k'l h'l.y;l !ek'l ? ~,hyel][ r;d'q.w ~yiayib.N;h -l;[ v,m,V;h h'a'b.W ? ~w{Y;h
7
Then shall the
seers be
ashamed, and the
diviners confounded: yea, they shall all
cover their
lips; for there is no
answer of
God.
~'p'f -l;[ .Wj'[.w ~yim.s{Q;h .Wr.p'x.w ~yiz{x;h ].Wv{b.W ? ~yih{l/a hen][;m !yea yiK ~'LUK
8
But
truly I am
full of
power by the
spirit of the
LORD, and of
judgment, and of
might, to
declare unto
Jacob his
transgression, and to
Israel his
sin.
h'wh.y ;x.Wr -t,a ;x{k yitael'm yik{n'a ~'l.Wa.w ? lea'r.fIy.l.W w{[.viP b{q][;y.l dyiG;h.l h'r.Wb.g.W j'P.vim.W ? w{ta'J;x
9
Hear this, I pray you, ye
heads of the
house of
Jacob, and
princes of the
house of
Israel, that
abhor judgment, and
pervert all
equity.
yenyic.q.W b{q][;y tyeB yeva'r ta{z a'n -.W[.miv ? h'r'v.y;h -l'K tea.w j'P.vim ~yib][;t]m;h lea'r.fIy tyeB ? .WveQ;[.y
10
They build
up Zion with
blood, and
Jerusalem with
iniquity.
h'l.w;[.B ~i;l'v.Wryiw ~yim'd.B !w{Yic h,n{B
11
The
heads thereof
judge for
reward, and the
priests thereof
teach for
hire, and the
prophets thereof
divine for
money: yet will they
lean upon the
LORD, and
say, Is not the
LORD among us? none
evil can
come upon us.
.Wrw{y ryix.miB 'hy,n]h{k.w .Wj{P.vIy d;x{v.B 'hy,va'r ? .Wne['VIy h'wh.y -l;[.w .Wm{s.qIy @,s,k.B 'hy,ayib.n.W ? aw{b't -a{l .WneB.riq.B h'wh.y aw{l]h r{mael ? h'['r .Wnyel'[
12
Therefore shall
Zion for your
sake be
plowed as a
field, and
Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the
mountain of the
house as the high
places of the
forest.
~i;l'v.Wryiw ver'xet h,d'f !w{Yic ~,k.l;l.giB !ek'l ? r;['y tw{m'b.l tIy;B;h r;h.w h,y.hiT !yiYi[