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A Rebuke for the Rulers

I said:

    Listen, you rulers of Jacob,
    you leaders of the house of Israel.
    Shouldn’t you recognize justice?
But you hate good and love evil.
    You tear off the skin and the flesh from the bones.
You eat the flesh of my people
    and peel off their skin.
    You smash their bones.
    You chop them up like pieces for the cooking pot,
    like meat for the cauldron.

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Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(B)
who eat my people’s flesh,(C)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(D)
who chop(E) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(F)

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