“^(A)Hear now, you ^[a]leaders of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel:
Is it not for you to ^(B)know justice?
² You who hate good and love evil,
Who ^(C)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
³ Who ^(D)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Smash their bones,
And ^(E)chop them up as for the pot,
And as meat in a cauldron!”

³ As for evil, both hands do it ^(A)well.
The leader asks for a ^(B)bribe, also the judge,
And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;
So they plot it together.