(A)Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
    and rulers of the house of Israel,
(B)who detest justice
    and make crooked all that is straight,
10 (C)who build Zion with blood
    and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 (D)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
    (E)its priests teach for a price;
    (F)its prophets practice divination for money;
(G)yet they lean on the Lord and (H)say,
    “Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
    (I)No disaster shall come upon us.”

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Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;(A)
10 who build(B) Zion with bloodshed,(C)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.(D)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(E)
    her priests teach for a price,(F)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(G)
Yet they look(H) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(I)

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