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The Leaders of Israel Are Guilty of Evil

Then I said,
    “Listen, leaders of the people of Jacob;
    listen, you rulers of the nation of Israel.
You should know how to decide cases fairly,
but you hate good and love evil.
You skin my people alive
    and tear the flesh off their bones.
You eat my people’s flesh
    and skin them and break their bones;
you chop them up like meat for the pot,
    like meat in a cooking pan.

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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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