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Y dije: Oíd ahora, príncipes de Jacob, y cabezas de la Casa de Israel: ¿No pertenecía a vosotros saber el derecho?

Que aborrecen lo bueno y aman lo malo, que les roban su cuero y su carne de sobre sus huesos;

Y que comen la carne de mi pueblo, y les desuellan su cuero de sobre ellos, y les quebrantan sus huesos y los rompen, como para echar en caldero, y como carnes en olla.

Entonces clamarán al SEÑOR y no les responderá; antes esconderá de ellos su rostro en aquel tiempo, por cuanto hicieron malas obras.

Así ha dicho el SEÑOR acerca de los profetas que hacen errar a mi pueblo, que muerden con sus dientes, y claman: Paz, y al que no les diere que coman, aplazan contra él batalla;

por tanto, de la visión se os hará noche, y oscuridad del adivinar; y sobre los profetas se pondrá el sol, y el día se entenebrecerá sobre ellos.

Y serán avergonzados los profetas, y se confundirán los adivinos; y ellos todos cubrirán su labio, porque no tendrán respuesta de Dios.

Pero yo estoy lleno de fuerza del Espíritu del SEÑOR, y de juicio, y de fortaleza, para denunciar a Jacob su rebelión, y a Israel su pecado.

Oíd ahora esto, cabezas de la Casa de Jacob, y capitanes de la Casa de Israel, que abomináis el juicio, y pervertís todo el derecho;

10 que edificáis a Sion con sangre, y a Jerusalén con injusticia;

11 sus cabezas juzgan por soborno, y sus sacerdotes enseñan por precio, y sus profetas adivinan por dinero; y se arriman al SEÑOR diciendo: ¿no está el SEÑOR entre nosotros? No vendrá mal sobre nosotros.

12 Por tanto, a causa de vosotros Sion será arada como campo, y Jerusalén será montones de ruinas, y el monte de la Casa como cumbres de bosque.

The Lord Warns Israel’s Leaders and Prophets

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders of Jacob’s people!
    Pay attention, you rulers of Israel!
You should want to judge others fairly.
    But you hate what is good.
    And you love what is evil.
You are like someone
    who tears the skin off my people.
    You pull the meat off their bones.
You eat my people’s bodies.
    You strip off their skin.
    You break their bones in pieces.
You chop them up like meat.
    You put them in a cooking pot.”

The time will come when Israel
    will cry out to the Lord.
    But he won’t answer them.
In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them.
    They have done what is evil.

The Lord says,

“The prophets are those
    who lead my people astray.
If my people feed them,
    the prophets promise them peace.
If my people do not feed them,
    the prophets prepare to go to war against them.
So night will come on the prophets.
    But they will not have any visions.
Darkness will cover them.
    But they will not be able
    to figure out what is going to happen.
The sun will set on the prophets.
    The day will become dark for them.
Those who see visions will be put to shame.
    Those who try to figure out what is going to happen
    will be dishonored.
All of them will cover their faces.
    I will not answer them.”

The Spirit of the Lord
    has filled me with power.
He helps me do what is fair.
    He makes me brave.
Now I’m prepared to tell Jacob’s people
    what they’ve done wrong.
    I’m ready to tell Israel they’ve sinned.
Listen to me, you leaders of Jacob’s people!
    Pay attention, you rulers of Israel!
You hate to do what is fair.
    You twist everything that is right.
10 You build up Zion by spilling the blood of others.
    You build Jerusalem by doing what is evil.
11 Your judges take money from people
    who want special favors.
    Your priests teach only if they get paid for it.
Your prophets won’t tell fortunes
    unless they receive money.
    But you still look for the Lord’s help.
You say, “The Lord is with us.
    No trouble will come on us.”
12 So because of what you have done,
    Zion will be plowed up like a field.
Jerusalem will be turned into a pile of trash.
    The temple hill will be covered with bushes and weeds.