1指摘官長與領袖我說：“雅各的首領，你們要聽，以色列家的官長，你們也要聽；難道你們不知道公平嗎？
1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
2然而，你們恨惡良善，喜愛邪惡，從人身上剝皮，從人骨頭上剔肉。
2ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3你們吃我民的肉，剝他們的皮，打斷他們的骨頭，切成像鍋裡的塊，像釜中的肉塊。
3who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
4那時，他們要向耶和華呼求，耶和華卻不應允他們。到那時，耶和華必掩面不顧他們，因為他們行了惡事。”
4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
5責備假先知關於那些使我民走迷路的先知，耶和華這樣說：“他們的牙齒有所咀嚼的時候，就大叫‘平安’；誰不把食物給他們吃，他們就攻擊那人。”
5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
6因此你們只有黑夜，沒有異象，只有黑暗，沒有默示。對先知，日頭要下落，為他們，白日變為黑暗。
6Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
7先見必抱愧，得默示的人要蒙羞；他們都必掩著上唇，因為沒有 神的答覆。
7And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
8至於我，我卻藉著耶和華的靈，滿有力量、公平和能力，可以向雅各述說他的過犯，向以色列指出他的罪惡。
8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9惡有惡報──聖城被毀雅各家的首領，你們要聽這個，以色列家的官長，你們也要聽；你們厭惡公平，屈枉正直，
9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
10用人血建錫安，以罪孽造耶路撒冷。
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11城中的首領為賄賂而審判，祭司為薪俸而教導，先知為銀子說默示，他們竟倚靠耶和華，說：“耶和華不是在我們中間嗎？災禍必不會臨到我們身上。”
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
12所以，為你們的緣故，錫安必像被耕種的田地，耶路撒冷必變為亂堆，這殿的山要成為叢林中的高岡。
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.