“ Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.

“看哪，以色列的首领各逞其能，在你中间流人之血。

“看哪，以色列的领袖在你那里，为了流人的血各逞其能。

“看哪，以色列的领袖在你那里，为了流人的血各逞其能。

“‘看啊，在你城中的以色列首领各逞权势，杀人流血。

看哪！以色列的领袖们恃着自己的能力，在你里面流人的血。

「看哪，以色列的首領各逞其能，在你中間流人之血。

「看哪，以色列的領袖在你那裏，為了流人的血各逞其能。

「看哪，以色列的領袖在你那裏，為了流人的血各逞其能。

「『看啊，在你城中的以色列首領各逞權勢，殺人流血。

看哪！以色列的領袖們恃著自己的能力，在你裡面流人的血。

『看哪，以色列的眾首領各逞其權勢都在你中間要流人血呢。

以色列牧伯、各奮其力、流血於爾中、

以色列牧伯、居於爾中、竭力殺人、

以色列牧伯、俱於爾中竭力殺人流血、

“‘ See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

“‘ “The princes of Israel are in your city. All of them use their power to spill blood.

“ Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

“‘ Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

“ Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood.

“ Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

“ Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

“‘ See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

“‘“ Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money!

Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows.

Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption.You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.“ No harm can come to us,” you say,“ for the Lord is here among us.”

Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws.

What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so.

I said,“ Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.Yes, you eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.

Jeshua’s clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.

“ Israel is like a thief who feels shame only when he gets caught. They, their kings, officials, priests, and prophets— all are alike in this.To an image carved from a piece of wood they say,‘ You are my father.’ To an idol chiseled from a block of stone they say,‘ You are my mother.’ They turn their backs on me, but in times of trouble they cry out to me,‘ Come and save us!’

So I will go and speak to their leaders. Surely they know the ways of the Lord and understand God’s laws.” But the leaders, too, as one man, had thrown off God’s yoke and broken his chains.

“ The sins of Israel and Judah— the sins of the people of Jerusalem, the kings, the officials, the priests, and the prophets— have stirred up my anger.

O Lord, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.