Micah 3

1 - Then I Said, "Listen, You Leaders Of Jacob, You Rulers Of The House Of Israel. Should You Not Know Justice,

2 - You Who Hate Good And Love Evil; Who Tear The Skin From My People And The Flesh From Their Bones;

3 - Who Eat My People's Flesh, Strip Off Their Skin And Break Their Bones In Pieces; Who Chop Them Up Like Meat For The Pan, Like Flesh For The Pot?"

4 - Then They Will Cry Out To The Lord , But He Will Not Answer Them. At That Time He Will Hide His Face From Them Because Of The Evil They Have Done.

5 - This Is What The Lord Says: "As For The Prophets Who Lead My People Astray, If One Feeds Them, They Proclaim 'Peace'; If He Does Not, They Prepare To Wage War Against Him.

6 - Therefore Night Will Come Over You, Without Visions, And Darkness, Without Divination. The Sun Will Set For The Prophets, And The Day Will Go Dark For Them.

7 - The Seers Will Be Ashamed And The Diviners Disgraced. They Will All Cover Their Faces Because There Is No Answer From God."

8 - But As For Me, I Am Filled With Power, With The Spirit Of The Lord , And With Justice And Might, To Declare To Jacob His Transgression, To Israel His Sin.

9 - Hear This, You Leaders Of The House Of Jacob, You Rulers Of The House Of Israel, Who Despise Justice And Distort All That Is Right;

10 - Who Build Zion With Bloodshed, And Jerusalem With Wickedness.

11 - Her Leaders Judge For A Bribe, Her Priests Teach For A Price, And Her Prophets Tell Fortunes For Money. Yet They Lean Upon The Lord And Say, "Is Not The Lord Among Us? No Disaster Will Come Upon Us."

12 - Therefore Because Of You, Zion Will Be Plowed Like A Field, Jerusalem Will Become A Heap Of Rubble, The Temple Hill A Mound Overgrown With Thickets.