But you rise up against my people as an enemy: you have stripped off the garment from the peaceful, From those who go their way in confidence, as though it were spoils of war.
or ended in Israel.’ You are seeking to batter down a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you wish to swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”
God, who sits enthroned forever, will hear me and afflict them. Selah For they will not mend their ways; they have no fear of God.
My heritage has become for me like a lion in the thicket; She has raised her voice against me, therefore she has incurred my hatred.
you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who tear their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones;
Who eat the flesh of my people, flay their skin from them, and break their bones; Who chop them in pieces like flesh in a kettle, like meat in a pot.
The faithful have vanished from the earth, no mortal is just! They all lie in wait to shed blood, each one ensnares the other.
Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.