Even yesterday My people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off from before a garment, a cloak, from those passing by securely, those returning from war.
I am of the peaceful, faithful ones of Israel. You are seeking to cause to die a city, and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; together they are against Judah. In all this His anger does not turn back, but His hand is still stretched out.
and who eat the flesh of My people, and cause their skin to come off from them; yea, they break their bones and shatter them, like that which is in the pot, and as flesh in the midst of the kettle.
The godly one has perished from the earth, and the upright one is not among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood; each man hunts his brother with a net.
Both palms are on evil, to do it well. The ruler is asking for a bribe, also the judge. And the great man speaks the lust of his soul; he acts, and they weave it together.