5 This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets

who lead my people astray,b

they proclaim ‘peace’c

if they have something to eat,

but prepare to wage war against anyone

who refuses to feed them.

6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions,

and darkness, without divination.d

The sun will set for the prophets,e

and the day will go dark for them.f

7 The seers will be ashamedg

and the diviners disgraced.h

They will all coveri their facesj

because there is no answer from God.k”

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.l

9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,

you rulers of Israel,

who despise justice

and distort all that is right;m

10 who buildn Zion with bloodshed,o

and Jerusalem with wickedness.p

11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,q

her priests teach for a price,r

and her prophets tell fortunes for money.s

Yet they lookt for the Lord’s support and say,

“Is not the Lord among us?

No disaster will come upon us.”u

12 Therefore because of you,

Zion will be plowed like a field,

Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,v

the templew hill a mound overgrown with thickets.x