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Yahweh Will Not Answer

And I said,“^aHear now, heads of JacobAnd rulers of the house of Israel.Is it not for you to ^bknow justice?

2 “You who hate good and love evil,Who ^atear off their skin from themAnd their flesh from their bones,3 And who ^aeat the flesh of my people,Strip off their skin from them,Break their bones,And ^bspread them out as for the potAnd as meat in a caldron.”4 Then they will ^acry out to Yahweh,But He will not answer them.Instead, He will ^bhide His face from them at that timeBecause they have ^cpracticed evil deeds.

5 Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who ^alead my people astray;When they have something to bite with their teeth,They ^bcall out, “Peace,”But against him who puts nothing in their mouths,They set themselves apart for war.

6 Therefore it will be ^anight for you—without vision,And darkness for you—without divination.The ^bsun will go down on the prophets,And the day will grow black over them.7 The seers will be ^aashamed,And the ^bdiviners will be humiliated.Indeed, they will all ^ccover their ¹mouthsBecause there is ^dno answer from God.8 On the other hand ^aI am filled with power—With the Spirit of Yahweh—And with justice and mightTo ^bdeclare to Jacob his transgression,Even to Israel his sin.9 Now hear this, ^aheads of the house of JacobAnd rulers of the house of Israel,Who ^babhor justiceAnd twist everything that is straight,10 Who ^abuild Zion with bloodshedAnd Jerusalem with violent injustice.11 Her heads pronounce ^ajudgment for a bribe,And her ^bpriests instruct for a price,And her prophets divine for money.Yet they lean on Yahweh saying,“^cIs not Yahweh in our midst?Evil will not come upon us.”12 Therefore, on account of you^aZion will be plowed as a field;^bJerusalem will become a heap of ruins,And the ^cmountain of the house of God will become high places of a forest.