Threats against the chiefs and false prophets - Micah 3

Threats against the chiefs and false prophets
1 - And I said, Hear, I beseech thee, O chiefs of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know the judgment?
2 - Ye that hate good, and love evil, that tear off the skin from off them, and the flesh from off their bones;
3 - And ye eat the flesh of my people, and tear off their skin, and break their bones, and divide them as for the pot, and as flesh in the cauldron.
4 - Then they shall cry unto the LORD, but he shall not hearken unto them; but he will hide their face from them at that time, since they have done evil in their works.
5 - Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, and they bite with their teeth, and cry for peace; but against him who gives them nothing in their mouth, they prepare war.
6 - And it shall come to pass, that at night you shall have no vision, and you shall have darkness without divination, and the sun shall set on the prophets, and the day shall be black upon them.
7 - And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners shall be ashamed; yea, all of them shall cover their lips, for there shall be no answer from God.
8 - But I am full of the power of the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment and of might, to preach unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9 - Hear this now, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, who abhor the judgment, and pervert all that is right,
10 - Building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 - Their rulers give their judgments for a bribe, and their priests teach for an interest, and their prophets divine for money; and yet they lean against the LORD, saying, Is not the LORD among us? No evil will come upon us.
12 - Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed up like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the tops of a forest.