“I am planning disaster^(G) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,^(H)
    for it will be a time of calamity.
⁴ In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;^(I)
    my people’s possession is divided up.^(J)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

⁵ Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
    to divide the land^(K) by lot.^(L)

“Do not my words do good^(O)
    to the one whose ways are upright?^(P)
8 Lately my people have risen up
    like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
    from those who pass by without a care,
    like men returning from battle.
⁹ You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.^(Q)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
¹⁰ Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,^(R)
because it is defiled,^(S)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
¹¹ If a liar and deceiver^(T) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’^(U)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!^(V)

“Listen, you leaders^(AA) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
²     you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;^(AB)
3 who eat my people’s flesh,^(AC)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;^(AD)
who chop^(AE) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?^(AF)”

⁴ Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.^(AG)
At that time he will hide his face^(AH) from them
    because of the evil they have done.^(AI)

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,^(AJ)
they proclaim ‘peace’^(AK)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
⁶ Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.^(AL)
The sun will set for the prophets,^(AM)
    and the day will go dark for them.^(AN)
7 The seers will be ashamed^(AO)
    and the diviners disgraced.^(AP)
They will all cover^(AQ) their faces^(AR)
    because there is no answer from God.^(AS)”
⁸ But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
    to Israel his sin.^(AT)

⁹ Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;^(AU)
10 who build^(AV) Zion with bloodshed,^(AW)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.^(AX)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,^(AY)
    her priests teach for a price,^(AZ)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.^(BA)
Yet they look^(BB) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”^(BC)
12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(BD)
    the temple^(BE) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.^(BF)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(A)
    slow to anger and rich in love.^(B)

⁹ The Lord is good^(C) to all;
    he has compassion^(D) on all he has made.
¹⁰ All your works praise you,^(E) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(F) you.^(G)
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(H)
    and speak of your might,^(I)
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(J)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(K)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(L)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(M) in all he promises^(N)
    and faithful in all he does.^[a]