1 The cruelty of the princes.
5 The falsehood of the prophets.
8 The ill-grounded security of them both.

Cir. A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. Hear. 9,10 Isa 1:10 Jer 13:15-18 22:2,3 Ho 5:1 Am 4:1

Is it. De 1:13-17 16:18 2Ch 19:5-10 Ps 14:4 82:1-5 Jer 5:4,5 1Co 6:5

2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

hate. 1Ki 21:20 22:6-8 Am 5:10-14 Lu 19:14 Joh 7:7 15:18,19,23,24 Ac 7:51,52 Ro 12:9 2Ti 3:3

love. 2Ch 19:2 Ps 15:4 139:21,22 Pr 28:4 Joh 18:40 Ro 1:32

pluck. Ps 53:4 Isa 3:15 Eze 22:27 34:3 Am 8:4-6 Zep 3:3 Zec 11:4,5

3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

eat. Ps 14:4

and chop. Eze 11:3,6,7

4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Then. 2:3,4 Jer 5:31

cry. Ps 18:41 Pr 1:28 28:9 Isa 1:15 Jer 2:27,28 Eze 8:18 Zec 7:13 Mt 7:22 Lu 13:25 Joh 9:31 Jas 2:13

he will even. De 31:17,18 32:19,20 Isa 59:1-15 Jer 33:5

as. Isa 3:11 Ro 2:8,9

5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

concerning. 11 Isa 9:15,16 Jer 14:14,15 23:9-17,27,32 28:15-17 29:21-23 Eze 13:10-16 22:25-29 Mal 2:8 Mt 15:14

that bite. 2:11 Isa 56:9-12 Eze 13:18,19 Mt 7:15 Ro 16:18

6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

night. Ps 74:9 Isa 8:20-22 Jer 13:16 Eze 13:22,23 Zec 13:2-4

that ye shall not have a vision. Heb. from a vision. that ye shall not divine. Heb. from divining. the sun. Isa 29:10 59:10 Jer 15:9 Am 8:9,10

7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

the seers. Ex 8:18,19 9:11 1Sa 9:9 Isa 44:25 47:12-14 Da 2:9-11 Zec 13:4 2Ti 3:8,9

cover. Le 13:45 Eze 24:17,22

lips. Heb. upper lip. no. 1Sa 14:37 28:6,15 Ps 74:9 Am 8:11

8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

I am. Job 32:18 Isa 11:2,3 58:1 Jer 1:18 6:11 15:19-21 20:9 Eze 3:14 Mt 7:29 Mr 3:17 Ac 4:8-12,19,20 7:54-57 13:9-12 18:5,6,9-11 1Co 2:4,12,13

to declare. Isa 58:1 Eze 16:2 20:4 22:2 43:10 Mt 3:7-12 Ac 7:51,52

9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

I pray. 1 Ex 3:16 Ho 5:1

that. Le 26:15 De 27:19 Ps 58:1,2 Pr 17:15 Isa 1:23 Jer 5:28

10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

build up Zion. Jer 22:13-17 Eze 22:25-28 Hab 2:9-12 Zep 3:3 Mt 27:25 Joh 11:50

blood. Heb. bloods.

11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

heads. 7:3 Nu 16:15 1Sa 8:3 12:3,4 Isa 1:23 Eze 22:12,27 Ho 4:18 Zep 3:3

and the priests. Jer 6:13 8:10 Mal 1:10 1Ti 3:3 Tit 1:11 1Pe 5:2

and the prophets. 5 Isa 56:11 Ac 8:18-20 2Pe 2:1-3,14,15 Jude 11

yet. 1Sa 4:3-6 Isa 48:2 Jer 7:4,8-12 Mt 3:9 Ro 2:17-29

and say. Heb. saying. none evil can come. Am 9:10

12 Therefore 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 the forest.

Zion. 1:6 Ps 79:1 107:34 Jer 26:18 Mt 24:2 Ac 6:13,14

the mountain. 4:1,2 Isa 2:2,3