No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land.

不然！你们是心中作恶；你们在地上秤出你们手所行的强暴。

不然！你们心中作恶，量出你们在地上手中的残暴。

不然！你们心中作恶，量出你们在地上手中的残暴。

不，你们心中图谋不义，你们在地上行凶作恶。

不是的，你们心中策划奸恶；你们的手在地上施行强暴（本句原文作“你们在地上称出你们手中的强暴”）。

不，你们在心里行不义，你们在地上手施残暴。

不然！你們是心中作惡；你們在地上秤出你們手所行的強暴。

不然！你們心中作惡，量出你們在地上手中的殘暴。

不然！你們心中作惡，量出你們在地上手中的殘暴。

不，你們心中圖謀不義，你們在地上行兇作惡。

不是的，你們心中策劃奸惡；你們的手在地上施行強暴（本句原文作“你們在地上稱出你們手中的強暴”）。

不，你們是心中行着不義，而在地上以手秤出強暴的。

不，你們在心裡行不義，你們在地上手施殘暴。

非也、爾心造惡、且於地上、衡施強暴兮、

爾之中心、惟懷惡念、爾居斯土、所行強梁兮、

爾乃心懷奸惡、在此國中、以手施行強暴、

嗟時俗之詭詐兮。背繩墨而改錯。

No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

No, in your hearts you plan to be unfair. With your hands you do terrible things on the earth.

No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

No, in heart you practice injustice; On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.

No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side— leaders whose decrees permit injustice?

What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws.

But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.

He gave justice and help to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn’t that what it means to know me?” says the Lord.“ But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”

There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.

No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.They hatch deadly snakes and weave spiders’ webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; whoever cracks them will hatch a viper.Their webs can’t be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark.

I said,“ Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.Yes, you eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.

Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.

I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!

Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council together.“ What are we going to do?” they asked each other.“ This man certainly performs many miraculous signs.If we allow him to go on like this, soon everyone will believe in him. Then the Roman army will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation.”Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time, said,“ You don’t know what you’re talking about!You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation.And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus’ death.

Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money!

Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption.You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.“ No harm can come to us,” you say,“ for the Lord is here among us.”Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins! A thicket will grow on the heights where the Temple now stands.