“^(A)Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to ^(B)know justice?
² You who hate good and love evil,
Who ^(C)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
³ And who ^(D)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And ^(E)spread them out as for the pot
And as meat in a caldron.”

³ Concerning evil, both hands do it ^(A)well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a ^(B)payment,
And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;
So they weave it together.